Under lash of new sanctions, Moscow threatens to upend nuclear...

Under lash of new sanctions, Moscow threatens to upend nuclear power trade with US

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Appears that Volodin has considerable motivation to see the new bill adopted ...

The bill was submitted jointly by a number of Duma factions and Vyacheslav Volodin, the Duma’s chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. It could be considered and possibly adopted during the next State Duma session this week, according to information on the State Duma website.

Volodin himself has been personally targeted by US sanctions since 2016, when he was identified as a member of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, and had his US-side assets frozen in response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. He was similarly targeted by European Union-side travel restrictions and sanctions.

His nuclear sanctions bill comes in response to sanctions the Trump administration imposed against 24 Russian top businessman and government officials on April 6.