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Senate Approves Sanctions Bill to Punish Russia for Meddling

posted by n1 on Wednesday June 14 2017, @11:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-like-old-times dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.

Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign. Lawmakers who backed the measure also cited Russia's aggression in Syria and Ukraine.

Source: USNews.com

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    by Arik (4543) on Thursday June 15 2017, @03:12AM (#525843) Journal
    "And it is really hard to discern a compelling reason to poke the bear like this."

    To keep the population alarmed and distracted, of course. It's always the same reason.
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