In the US Presidential Administration, Joe Bayden divided views on the preparation of a package of new sanctions against Russia, which it intends to declare until June 2. It is reported by Financial Times.
Two groups were formed in the administration: in the first – supporters of a tight line, in the second personnel bureaucrats from the Ministry of Finance and the State Department. The latter speak as a whole for the introduction of sanctions, but are experiencing due to the possible negative impact on the US economy.
One of the prominent supporters of the tough line is nominated for the post of departure of political issues Victoria Nuland, who doubts that the United States should “depend on the opinion of the European Union in the subject of sanctions.” In the material it is also stated that the practical issues of the formation of sanctions are engaged in the deputy head of the Ministry of Finance Elizabeth Rosenberg and senior director in the Council of National Security Peter Harrell.
According to the publication, Biden himself will get lost to introduce financial sanctions, since the US laws make it easy to declare sanctions, but do not allow them to cancel them in the same way, even if it is necessary to improve the situation.
On March 2, the EU introduced sanctions against “high-ranking officials” of Russia because of the situation around Alexei Navalny (founder of the Foundation for the Fight of Corruption, which is included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations that perform the functions of a foreign agent). In particular, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee (SC) of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), head of Rosgvartia Victor Zolotov, and the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, as well as the Prosecutor General of Rosgvardia Victor Zolotov, also included in the sanction list. They are denied entry into the countries of the European Union, they will not be able to keep funds in banks of EU countries.