The head of the US Treasury Department did not rule out the introduction of the most severe sanctions against the Russian Federation

The administration of US President Donald Trump may impose maximum sanctions against Russia to exert stronger pressure, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant said in an interview with CNBC on March 13.

"I can tell you that we would not hesitate to bring them [sanctions] to the top ten. And, again, all of this is part of Trump's preparations for successful negotiations. He is ready to exert maximum pressure on both sides," said Bessent.

According to him, he was very disappointed with the sanctions imposed by former U.S. President Joe Biden, because, in his opinion, they were not harsh enough.

"I was very disappointed with the level of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration...> If we evaluate it on a scale from zero to ten, then the Biden administration's sanctions against Russia, in my opinion, were in the top three," the head of the US Treasury said.

He added that the sanctions imposed by Biden and his administration were not so harsh because the government was too worried about energy prices.Газета.Ru ".

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However, their future fate will depend on the decisions of US President-elect Donald Trump

U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia) announced on March 9 that he would soon submit to Congress a bill to impose new sanctions against Russia. It was noted that the restrictions will affect the banking and energy sectors.

Later, on March 9, former American intelligence officer and analyst Scott Ritter said that Russia was ready for possible new sanctions from the United States. According to him, the Russian Federation has taken all necessary measures to mitigate the consequences of any actions by the United States, while maintaining the opportunity to successfully implement the goals of the special operation to protect Donbass.