The adoption by the US Senate of a bill on the expansion of sanctions against the Russian Federation will determine the trend in US-Russian relations for many years.

This opinion was expressed in the commentary to the "Observer" by the ex-consul general of Ukraine in Edinburgh and Istanbul, the chairman of the board of the "Maidan of Foreign Affairs" foundation Bogdan Yaremenko.

"Theoretically, President Donald Trump can veto. However, members of Congress are confident that they have the voice to overcome this veto. Time will tell. I got the impression that the last decision of the Congress was directed not so much to Russia as to the US president. The Congress acted as an institution that defines foreign policy. He consolidated a certain position and limited the US president, "Yaremenko noted..

According to him, this is a serious foreign policy and internal political solution.

"It reflects the level of congressional confidence in Trump, reflects suspicions of Russophilia and an inexplicable desire to establish relations with the Russian Federation.

These sanctions do not provide for something fundamentally new. And Russia, of course, can live with this. But they are fundamentally important from the point of view of consolidating the heredity of US foreign policy. And this will determine the trend in US-Russian relations for a long period, "the diplomat summed up.

As reported by the "Observer", Senator-Republican Lindsey Graham called to punish Russia.

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