If adopted, the document would allow lawsuits to be filed in US courts for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
Two senators – Democrat Richard Blumenthal and Republican Lindsey Graham – introduced a bipartisan bill in the upper house of Congress, according to which Russia qualifies as a state sponsor of terrorism. On Wednesday, September 14, the Voice of America reports.
Senator Blumenthal said “the need for this measure is more urgent now than ever,” citing the killings of Ukrainian civilians and other atrocities that accompanied Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Senator Graham, another co-sponsor of the bill, emphasized that Russia’s inclusion on the list of state sponsors of terrorism would provide strong evidence of American support for both Kyiv and other US allies. , while simultaneously authorizing tough sanctions against Russia.
“It is not yet clear when the bill will be put to the vote. Blumenthal and Graham, starting in July, immediately after visiting Kyiv, lobbied for recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The support for the initiative that it was announced at the same time by the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, saying that this proposal was “long overdue,” the newspaper notes.
Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Ukraine understands why the United States does not want to recognize the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism, but does not share this position.
It will be remembered that after the White House ignored the resolution recognizing the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism, the American legislators considered that they needed to solve this issue. The Senate intends to recognize Russia as a terrorist nation.
It is also reported that the US State Department is concerned about the possible identification of the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism.
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Source: korrespondent
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