After four months, the US Congress is preparing to reexamine Russia to the issue of new sanctions. A series of sanctions are on the agenda, from the prohibition of investments in Russian government bonds to the expulsion of Russian state banks from global payment systems.
The first session of the US Congress to be held on 12 February, the new sanctions will be discussed in Russia, according to Finanz.ru.
The House of Representatives Finance Committee will also review sanctions for Iran, North Korea and Venezuela, as well as Russia.
The United States has been imposing sanctions on some Russian companies and citizens since the crisis of Ukraine in 2014, when the Crimea was connected to Russia.
Adding new anti-Moscow sanctions to the former Russian agent Skripal's poisoning in England and Russia's military interventions in Syria, the United States is preparing for new sanctions under the title of ’Increasing economic pressure on Russia Eski.
In the US Congress, 10 bills were submitted last year to Russian sanctions.
It is proposed to ban the assets of seven Russian public banks, to ban investment in Russian government bonds and to extend sanctions for Russian bureaucrats and oligarchs.
Russian state banks, whose assets and dollar accounts are offered to freeze, are as follows: Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Bank Moskv, Rosselhozbank, Promsvyazbank and VEB.
The draft law also proposes that Russia be accepted as "the state that finances terrorism". Trump administration against Russia, the new sanctions for the Congress is increasing pressure.
The introduction of cyber sanctions against Russia's m disinformation campaigns ’is also on the agenda.
Experts predict that international credit rating agencies will be able to recapture Russia's rating if harsh sanctions go into effect.
In the financial circles in Russia, the consequences of a possible "new sanction wave" are being discussed. Many experts think that a comprehensive sanction decision will accelerate the depreciation of rubles. There are also analysts who take their predictions up to a "hard devaluation" that will remind them of the end of 2014.
However, the general opinion is that there is no possibility of a return to the "dark" days of a $ 1 80 ruble, unless the crude oil price drops to around $ 30.