October 19, 2018 (Ukrinform) U.S.
Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has said that
President Donald Trump's administration will continue to increase pressure on
Russia, primarily by imposing new sanctions every month or two months. He said
this at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington on Thursday, according to
an Ukrinform correspondent. "We've tried to increase the pressure we're
putting on Russia in order to get them to negotiate towards a solution [to the
conflict in eastern Ukraine]. That includes keeping sanctions in place in the
U.S. and increasing those sanctions periodically over time," Volker said.
This is a track the U.S. has
been on during the course of the Trump administration and will continue to be
on, he added. "You'll see additional sanctions come into play every month
or two months or so as we've seen," Volker said.
He also said that Washington
was working on this issue with European partners. "The European Union has
shown tremendous resilience and strength in keeping this in place [sanctions
against Russia]," the U.S. diplomat said. Following Russia's annexation of
Crimea, the United States introduced the first package of sanctions against
Russia, and in April 2018, Washington imposed new sanctions on Russian businessmen
and officials, as well as financial institutions and companies associated with
the Kremlin. It is one of the most powerful packages of sanctions against
Russia, including due to its aggression against Ukraine. The restrictions were
imposed in pursuance of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions
Act (CAATSA) approved in August last year.
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