Earlier, candidates for inclusion in the US sanctions list were mentioned by fellow Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned.
Among them are Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, Sergei Sobyanin, Mikhail Mishustin, Dmitry Peskov, Margarita Simonyan and Vladimir Solovyov.
Another amendment prevents Americans from operating Russian government bonds in both the primary and secondary markets.
In addition, the document deprives the administration of the right to suspend sanctions against companies related to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
The House of Representatives’ approved defense budget exceeds spending by more than $ 777 billion. This is significantly more than requested by US President Joe Biden, the Voice of America reports.
Defense spending has increased by 5%. Such a significant increase was demanded by the Republicans.
Democrats and almost half of Republicans voted to adopt the document. There were 316 in favor and 113 against.
Previously, its defense budget version was adopted by the Senate. The final version will be approved during the consultations of the Chambers of Congress. This usually happens at the end of the year.
