The Russian Embassy pointed to the negative impact of the new US sanctions on Washington.

The bill on sanctions against Russia approved by the US House of Representatives may negatively affect the efforts of the administration of US President Donald Trump. This was announced on September 18 by the Russian Embassy in Washington.

"The Russophobic impulse underlying the bill of the late Senator [Lindsey] Graham (listed as terrorists and extremists in Russia), approved by the House of Representatives on September 16 and earlier by the Senate, is doing the current administration a disservice in its efforts to make America great again," the Russian diplomatic mission said in a post on the social network X (former. Twitter).

The embassy noted that the deterioration of US relations with Russia and China, according to the diplomatic mission, plays into the hands of supporters of increased confrontation in the Euro-Atlantic region.

In addition, the Russian diplomatic mission stated that restrictions on trade in Russian oil and gas could lead to a further increase in fuel prices in the United States before the midterm elections.

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On September 16, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on new restrictive measures, named after the late Senator Graham. The document provides for the introduction of a tariff of up to 500% on direct imports from Russia and up to 100% on goods from the five largest countries — buyers of Russian energy resources.

On September 14, the Procedural Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress supported a bill to tighten sanctions against Russia and sent it to the full lower house for consideration. We are talking about a bill, the main author of which was Senator Graham. He died on July 11th. The U.S. Senate approved the document on August 7.