The big question is whether congresspeople should spend their political capital on promoting a bill that needs so many amendments at a time when Russia as a topic for discussion has lost much of its former appeal
The DASKA (Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act) bill has once again come under scrutiny. It was approved by the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In theory,...
... Sanctions Help Deter Russia?
Finally, the bill To Respond to and Deter Russian Attacks on the Integrity of United States Elections, and for Other Purposes was submitted in May 2019. The bill reproduced the usual set of measures like the first DETER and the DASKAA in terms of their logic but was different in some details. Russia’s sovereign debt was also mentioned there in the standard wording. Indeed, the document was half-baked and by all appearances did not go any further.
The Trump administration has not been sitting on its hands either. On September 12, 2018, Donald ...
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] Consolidating a sanctions coalition is of particular importance under the present circumstances, given that Russia has been rather successful in adapting to sanctions and generally managed to reduce their sting.
Ivan Timofeev:
DASKAA and the New Anti-Russia Sanctions: Does the US Want Self-Isolation?
The requirement of close coordination with allies and partners is a long-standing tradition of US laws on sanctions. For example, efforts to bring pressure to bear on Iran were only modestly successful ...
... suggests include penalties for cooperating with any Russian company that even theoretically is capable of hostile actions in the digital space. By and large, any company in the Russian IT sector is a candidate for falling under this heading.
Fifth, DASKAA directly accuses Russia of using chemical weapons. That Russia is to blame for poisoning the Skripals is taken as an axiom (although the official investigation has not revealed any specific conclusion). In addition, Russia is blamed for obstructing the investigation into ...