Legislative Efforts to Impose Sanctions on Russia
Recent Action in Congress on Russian Sanctions and Tariffs
In addition to sanctioning Russia over its war in Ukraine, the U.S. has maintained sanctions on Russia as far back as 2012 in response to and to deter malicious cyber-enabled activities, influence operations, human rights abuses, corruption, the use of chemical weapons and weapons proliferation and illicit trade with North Korea and Iran. On Dec. 14, 2012, President Obama signed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act into law, which targeted individuals involved in corruption. After Russia invaded Crimea in February 2014, Congress enacted several pieces of legislation, including: the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability…
