The House of Representatives of the US Congress, on the initiative of members of the Republican Party, refused to vote quickly on a draft law providing for the imposition of new sanctions on Russia.

This is reported by the Associated Press.

The bill passed by the US Senate was sent to the relevant committee for discussion.

Such a decision caused criticism from members of the Democratic Party. In particular, Congressman Eliot Engel expressed his fear that delaying the adoption of the bill might allow US Presidential supporters Donald Trump to weaken measures against Russia.

According to Engel, Republicans should immediately submit a relevant document to the lower house of Congress and vote for it so that the bill as soon as possible Got to the American president.

As reported by the Observer, on the eve of the US Senate supported the tightening of sanctions against Russia for the annexation of the Crimea, the support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as well as hacker attacks on the servers of the US Democratic Party before the presidential elections in 2016.

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