A bill called 'Stand with the UK against Russian Violations Act' appeared on the database of the documents of the U.S. Congress. The draft law aims to 'impose sanctions on certain persons responsible for the March 12, 2018, attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, and for other purposes'.
Under the bill, the U.S. citizens cannot participate in financial deals connected to the Russian state debt.
Among the entities that face sanctions are Sberbank, VTB Bank, Gazprombank, Bank of Moscow, Rosselkhozbank, Promsvyazbank, Vnesheconombank.
U.S. Donald Trump is to enact the sanctions within 60 days after the document is passed.
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