US sanctions on Russia News

Washington - In spite of Trump's alleged collusion with the Russians during the US election campaign and his avowed aim of achieving better relations with Russia the reality is that relations between the two countries is becoming much worse.

Washington - As Obama ends his term he has been busy trying to make relations with Russia worse and create other problems for Trump. His most recent move is to try to impose UN sanctions on Syria through the UN Security Council.

New York - Valentina Matvienko is speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council. She is one of seven Russian officials targeted by U.S. sanctions including a travel ban.

Moscow - Yevgenly Fyodorov of the ruling United Russia caucus is drafting a bill that would ban Russian state-owned enterprises from using the services of US consulting firms or their subsidiaries.

Washington - While the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday (March 12) voted 14 to 3 to approve a $1 billion in loan guarantees and significant U.S. sanctions, a poll shows relatively few Americans approved of strong action against Russia.