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Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced Wednesday that President Donald Trump has accepted a Russian sanctions invoice designed to strain Moscow to finish its struggle with Ukraine.
Graham revealed the event in a publish on X, describing it as a pivotal shift within the U.S. strategy to the Russia-Ukraine battle.
“After a really productive assembly right this moment with President Trump on quite a lot of points, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia sanctions invoice that I’ve been engaged on for months with Senator Blumenthal and plenty of others,” Graham mentioned.
“This will likely be well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all discuss, persevering with to kill the harmless.”
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol July 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Photographs)
In accordance with the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, the bipartisan laws is designed to grant Trump sweeping, virtually unprecedented, authority to economically isolate Russia and penalize main world economies that proceed to commerce with Moscow and finance its struggle towards Ukraine.
Most notably, the invoice would require the USA to impose a 500% tariff on all items imported from any nation that continues to buy Russian oil, petroleum merchandise or uranium. The measure would successfully squeeze Russia financially whereas deterring overseas governments from undermining U.S. sanctions.
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President Donald Trump speaks throughout a gathering on the White Home Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photographs)
“This invoice will enable President Trump to punish these international locations who purchase low cost Russian oil fueling Putin’s struggle machine,” Graham mentioned.
“This invoice would give President Trump super leverage towards international locations like China, India and Brazil to incentivize them to cease shopping for a budget Russian oil that gives the financing for Putin’s massacre towards Ukraine.”
Graham mentioned voting might happen as early as subsequent week and that he’s wanting ahead to a robust bipartisan vote.
US MILITARY SEIZES TWO SANCTIONED TANKERS IN ATLANTIC OCEAN
The vessel tanker Bella 1 was noticed in Singapore Strait after U.S. officers say the U.S. Coast Guard pursued an oil tanker in worldwide waters close to Venezuela. (Hakon Rimmereid/by way of Reuters)
The transfer on the Russian sanctions invoice follows one other sharp escalation in America’s clampdown on Moscow. Earlier Wednesday, U.S. forces reportedly seized an oil tanker trying to move sanctioned Venezuelan oil to Russia.
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Graham publicly celebrated the seizure in one other publish on X, describing it as a part of a broader successful streak of U.S. intervention geared toward Venezuela and Cuba.
Within the publish, he additionally took goal at critics corresponding to Sen. Rand Paul, who has opposed the invoice, arguing that it could injury America’s commerce relations with a lot of the world.
Fox Information Digital reached out to the White Home for remark.
