Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he wants to impose new sanctions on Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Graham said he wants to provide leeway for the Trump administration as it negotiates this week on a way to end the war. He said that the sanctions, as well as tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy, will help the State Department achieve that goal.
“But most members of the Senate,” Graham said, “believe that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has been resistant to finding a negotiated solution to the war, and has been brazen and barbaric in his actions against Ukraine. By co-sponsoring this bill I think a senator is making a pretty clear statement that they see Russia as the greatest offender here.”
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