Slutsky calls the proposals of US congressmen on sanctions against Russia “the apotheosis of delirium” – Politics
MOSCOW, October 7. / TASS /. US congressmen use the topic of sanctions to prevent the Russian Federation from participating in solving energy problems in Europe; their initiatives to impose restrictions on opposed meetings are “the apotheosis of delirium.” This opinion was expressed on Thursday on the YouTube channel “Soloviev Live“Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Affairs of the seventh convocation Leonid Slutsky.
“This is just the apotheosis of delirium, there is no other way to put it. [в США хотят] somehow move us away from solving the gas problems of Europe, “Slutsky said.
He assured that Russia would still “help all reasonable partners,” even if it gets complicated somewhere.
He also called the proposals of the American congressmen on sanctions in the summer “an attempt to bring down the small constructive that was worked out between the presidents of Russia and the United States” at the summit in Geneva.
About sanctions
In September of this year, the possibility of imposing sanctions against 35 representatives of the US Congress, including representatives of the Russian Federation, major Russian businessmen, public figures, and journalists, should be considered. According to the lawmakers, the Russians included in the list may be involved in human rights violations. The list includes the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Russia Ella Pamfilova, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko.
The list also includes Director of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov, Director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin, Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin. In addition, the list includes businessmen Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, Oleg Deripaska, Gennady Timchenko, the chairman of the board of Gazprom Alexey Miller, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, chairman of the board of VTB Andrey Kostin, chairman of VEB RF Igor Shuvalov, as well as the chief editor of the RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan, journalist Vladimir Soloviev, general director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst.
The approval of the defense budget by the House of Representatives does not mean the automatic entry of all the initiatives included in it. His own version of the draft defense budget. After that, the commission will be convened to agree on the details of the two projects. Both chambers will again have to vote for the agreed document, after which it will be sent to be signed by the head of state. This entire process can usually last until the beginning of winter.