allies issued a fresh slate of sanctions on russia. in a response, russia raised a list of 500 americans now banned from the country. including barack obama, several u.s. senators, even comedian stephen colbert. what do you make of their response? the russian response is tit-for-tat. i think it s more symbolic than anything else. yes, i think the g7 countries are coming together in terms of sanctions on russia. i know the united states wants to announce a new package of sanctions, but it s also about sanctions enforcement. again, these countries, japan, the uk, france, italy, germany, canada, and the united states, are members of the g7. they have a lot of sanctions that they can put on russia. it s a matter of also enforcing them. half the battle with sanctions is following through. it s not just announcing them. i think part of the purpose of the g7 dialogue is to ensure the countries are doing their best to enforce the sanctions. so, have you been surprised, as many people have,
u.s. senators, even and stephen colbert. what do you make of their response? the russian response is tit-for-tat. i think it s more symbolic than anything else. yes, i think the g7 countries are coming together in terms of sanctions on russia. i know the united states wants to announce a new package of sanctions, but it s also about sanctions enforcement. again, these countries, japan, the uk, france, italy, germany, canada, and the united states, are members of the g7. they have a lot of sanctions that can put on russia. it s a matter of also enforcing them. half the battle with sanctions is following through. it s not just announcing them. i think part of the purpose of the g7 dialogue is to ensure the countries are doing their best to enforce the sanctions. so, have you been surprised, as many people have, that now more than a year into the war, both international and domestic support for the war in ukraine remains pretty united? there s some far-right republican rhetoric, but
Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) and Rep. Kevin Hern (OK-01) are proud to introduce today the Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act, also known as "SEFITA."This bill seeks to prevent the Iranian regime from securing funding from international financial institutions, as well as ensure that sanctions are enforced. As previously reported by the Washington Free
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