US senators plan to amend the bill on the automatic introduction of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation in the event of its intervention in the American elections in order to minimize the negative consequences for the world economy from such a decision. As Bloomberg reports today, the authors of the most radical draft law on new anti-Russian sanctions Marco Rubio and Chris van Hollen. It is noted that the concessions may affect the ban on working with the public debt of the Russian Federation. Discuss possible restrictions will be the international and bank committees of the US Senate on Tuesday, August 21. "We want to ensure that the economic damage is as limited as possible to the Russian economy, and the side effect was insignificant," - quotes the publication of Chris Van Hollen. According to him, one of the concessions is to allow the president of the United States in the interests of national security to abolish some sanctions, but not all. "We are considering a number of options, but so far nothing has been decided," - said the senator. The bill implies the imposition of restrictive measures against Russia in the event that the National Intelligence Agency confirms that the Kremlin is interfering in the midterm elections in the US, which are to be held in November this year. In particular, sanctions are proposed for the new sovereign debt of the Russian Federation, Russian banks, mining companies and officials. In fact, the Senate should consider two draft laws:.

proposed in January by Senators Marco Rubio and Chris van Hollen (the DETER Act project) and presented in August by Lindsay Graham and Bob Menendez (Defending American Security from the Kremlin Aggression Act of 2018), the US Act to Protect Against the Kremlin's Aggression of 2018 one of the reasons for the jumps in the Russian market and the ruble. And do not forget that in August, the administration of Donald Trump announced and his package of sanctions for the alleged use of chemical weapons by Moscow in the poisoning in the UK on March 4 ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia.