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EU "Sounds Alarm" Over New US Sanctions On Russia; Germany Threatens Retaliation

23-7-2017 < Blacklisted News 44 109 words
 

Late on Friday, Congressional negotiators reached a deal to advance a bill that would punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 election and restrict the president’s power to remove sanctions on Moscow, according to the WSJ. The measure, if signed into law, will also give Congress veto powers to block any easing of Russian sanctions by the president. And while it remained unclear if President Donald Trump would sign the bill if it reaches his desk, which is now likely, the loudest complaint about the bill so far has emerged from the EU, which has once again urged US lawmakers to coordinate their anti-Russia actions with European partners.

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