US Senate approves bill with new sanctions against Russia

WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (PRIME) -- The U.S. Senate approved a bill including new sanctions against Russia among several other states late Thursday.

Earlier this week, the bill was approved by the House of Representatives, and it will come into force if signed by the president. Two thirds of votes in each of the parliament’s chamber would be enough to overthrow a possible veto by the president.

The bill 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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