UPDATE: US President Trump signs new anti-Russia sanctions

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MOSCOW, Aug 2 (PRIME) -- U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill introducing additional sanctions against Russia among several other states, a White House official told PRIME on Wednesday.

The White House will soon release a statement on the issue, the official added.

The ruble fell 42 kopecks against the U.S. dollar to 60.77 at 5:37 p.m. Moscow time and decreased 74 kopecks against the euro to 72.01.

Last week both chambers of the U.S. parliament signed a bill, which prohibits companies to invest more than U.S. $1 million in a single payment or more than $5 million during the course of a year in construction of Russian export pipelines, as well as provision of goods, services, technologies and information support for the construction. The U.S. will continue standing against the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.

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