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Leghorn21

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8. Sanctions got a big "nyet" yesterday...another morsel of bad news for DFT yesterday!

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 16, 2017, 10:49 AM

Mar 2017

Senator Mike Crapo, the panel's Republican chairman, said reducing sanctions could encourage Moscow to continue aggressive actions, three years after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea region.

Senator Sherrod Brown, the ranking Democrat, said the panel should look at increasing sanctions.

"Russia remains a hostile, recalcitrant power, deploying its military, cyber-enabled information espionage activities and economic tactics to harm the United States and drive a wedge between it and its allies," Crapo said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trum

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How do you think Putin views Rumpy right now? [View all] MoonRiver Mar 2017 OP

Depends if he plunges the nation into chaos or not. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 #1

trump's gone from useful idiot to just idiot. JHan Mar 2017 #2

It was always about disruption. Pholus Mar 2017 #3

Vulnerable just like he wants him to be and always knew he would be underpants Mar 2017 #4

Why would that be a plus for Putin? MoonRiver Mar 2017 #5

Let's not forget about the sanctions flamingdem Mar 2017 #6

That's what's driving Putin mitch96 Mar 2017 #7

Sanctions got a big "nyet" yesterday...another morsel of bad news for DFT yesterday! Leghorn21 Mar 2017 #8