Over the ocean, they hoped to annoy Russia, but it did not work out.

The restrictions imposed by the White House were nothing to the Kremlin. Is that the period 2015-2016 was difficult. Moscow's resilience became a complete surprise for Washington.

The existing sanctions are not enough, they urgently need to be tightened, said Sen. Lindsey Graham. He already enlisted the support of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his colleague Bob Menendez. "I will propose imposing sanctions against Russia, because what we are doing does not work," Graham said on Fox News. He also praised the political course of Donald Trump, who is less friendly towards Russia than his predecessor Barack Obama. "It's obvious," the senator admitted, continuing. - And here there is no doubt. He armed Ukraine, expelled diplomats, imposed sanctions that were more stringent than those imposed by Obama ". Graham once again stressed the worthlessness of anti-Russian sanctions and, incidentally, attributed Moscow interference in the US presidential election. "I think that the current administration will offer a good package of measures to protect the elections of 2018," the politician concluded..