Den här veckan, idag torsdag eller imorgon fredag, så kommer Obama gå ut med att han skrivit under senatens s.2828:
Citat:
WASHINGTON — With Russia already staggering under the weight of one of its worst financial crises in years, the United States signaled on Tuesday that it would further increase the economic pressure with a new raft of sanctions targeting the Russian defense, energy and banking industries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/world/europe/obama-signing-russia-ukraine-sanctions-bill.html?_r=0
Vi får se om han gör någon stor affär av det hela. Förhoppningsvis kommer det kosta Ryssland några miljarder extra. Anledningen är såklart Ukraina:
Citat:
“Given Russian military resupply of the separatists in Ukraine during the last month, the U.S. had to raise the economic costs to Putin for his outright aggression,” said R. Nicholas Burns, a former diplomat and undersecretary of state under President George W. Bush. “Combined with the collapse of the ruble, sanctions will hit Putin’s government where it is most vulnerable — its very shaky economy.”
Det är upp till Obama att välja hur mycket av dessa förslag från senaten som han vill låta gå igenom. Senaten har gett honom tillstånd att skicka vapen till Ukraina för att bistå i kampen att stå emot den ryska invasionen men Obama kan välja att inte skicka vapen.
Citat:
President Obama said through a spokesman that he would sign newly passed legislation expanding measures intended to cordon off large Russian state firms from Western financing and technology while also providing $350 million in arms and military equipment to Ukraine as it battles a pro-Russian insurgency in its eastern regions.
