Recognizing Russia as an aggressor country is one of the most powerful and far -sighted sanctions in the U.S. arsenal.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States is examining the possibility of including the Russian Federation on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The decision can be made in connection with the war against Ukraine. On Wednesday, April 27, CNBC reported.
Blinken stressed that Russia is threatening the Ukrainian population.
“I have no doubt that the Russians are intimidating the Ukrainian citizens,” the head of American diplomacy said at a hearing in the U.S. Senate.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on President Biden for the United States to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Such a decision could have several consequences, including the imposition of economic sanctions on dozens of other countries that continue to do business with Russia, freezing Moscow’s assets in the United States, including real estate, and a ban on the export of various dual-use. goods.
It will be recalled that the United States is studying the possibility of recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Earlier, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that the only purpose of the strikes carried out by Russian aggressors in Odessa was fear.
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Source: korrespondent
