Trump extends sanctions against Russia for another year
27 февраля 23:20
U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia for a year. This is stated in the text of the presidential document, which appeared on the website of the US Federal Register, Коммерсант украинский reports
The document will come into force on February 28 this year.
Trump thus extended the executive order of March 6, 2014 — on that day, the Supreme Council of Crimea decided to incorporate the autonomy into Russia.
«Pursuant to Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am extending for one year the national emergency imposed by Executive Order 13660,» the document reads.
The specific list of extended sanctions is not specified. It is specified that the state of emergency related to the situation in Ukraine remains in effect. It covers the sanctions imposed by the US presidential decrees of March and December 2014, September 2018, and February 2022.
The document states that the actions and policies of the individuals designated in the previous Executive Orders «continue to pose a serious and unusual threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, the sanctions should be extended for another year.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. This deadline has already passed.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called «Trump Plan». The plan was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war, taking into account the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, included a provision that Russia would retain the territories it temporarily occupied and that Ukraine would not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to «forget» about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. Trump’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak on his behalf.
Currently, the US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days within which he wants to reach some kind of agreement. Of these, 37 days have already passed. During this time, the US Presidential Administration has established contact with the Kremlin, an American envoy has traveled to Moscow, and a meeting of the highest level negotiators has taken place in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine was not present at this meeting.
Meanwhile, in exchange for military support, US President Donald Trump demanded $500 billion worth of rare earth metals from Ukraine. He said that the US should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources, regardless of whether Kyiv manages to reach a peace agreement with Russia.
