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@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 #AllRoadsLeadToPutin <Thread>
1/ ⤴️"A Trump State Dept official sent a 22-page letter to Senator James Risch [R-ID] on Tuesday" Dec 17, 2019, which "says it 'strongly opposes' the bill" to impose harsher sanctions v. Russia🇷🇺 "'unless it goes through a ton of changes.'" (more...)

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 2/ "Despite Trump’s strong opposition, the bill passed out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday [Dec 18 2019] morning.
5 senators opposed it, all Republicans"
GA: Johnny Isakson
Idaho: Jim Risch [SFRC Chair]
KY: Rand Paul
WI: Ron Johnson
WY: John Barrasso (more)

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 3/ "The next step will be a vote on the Senate floor; it is unclear if or when that will happen."
"The bill, called the 'Defending American Security from Kremlin🇷🇺 Aggression Act of 2019' (DASKA) would level new sanctions against Russian⤵️"
=>oligarchs
=>banking sector (more...)

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 4/ DASKA would also level new sanctions against Russian🇷🇺 "👉sovereign debt👈 (which the powerful California Public Employees Retirement System* has hundreds of millions of dollars invested)"😬 con't
*CalPERS @Stephaniefishm4

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 @Stephaniefishm4 5/ ...It would also open the door to sanctioning Russia’s 🇷🇺ship-building industry in response to the Kremlin’s capture of Ukrainian🇺🇦sailors and ships as they sailed through the Kerch Strait late last year. And it would sanction some crude oil development projects in Russia🇷🇺...

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 @Stephaniefishm4 6/ ..as well as 👉energy projects outside the country backed by Russian state-owned entities*."
*This⤴️ would be especially onerous to #Trumputin🇷🇺 . And speaking of which, "It would also aim to bring more transparency to 👉purchases of high-end real estate👈... (con't)

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 @Stephaniefishm4 7/ ...which many foreign nationals use to 👉launder money into the U.S.💸. And it would require that the State Dept and the Intelligence Community report to Congress every 90 days on whether or not the Kremlin🇷🇺 is meddling in U.S. elections." (more...)
thedailybeast.com/trump-administ…

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 @Stephaniefishm4 8/ The Daily Beast links to this Dec 17, 2019 article:
Lindsey "Graham called the legislation the 👉'sanctions bill from hell'👈 when he first introduced it in Aug 2018, referring to the 👉harsh provisions including sanctions on Russian sovereign debt👈."
finance.yahoo.com/news/business-…

@NoahShachtman @Agenthades1 @Stephaniefishm4 9/ Lindsey Graham "introduced a revised version of the [DASKA] bill, S. 482, earlier this year." /end
@CarolMaeWY @100FrogLegs see tweet #2⤴️ -- your Senators cast votes today opposing harsher sanctions against Russia🇷🇺. #VoteThemOut