Senator Richard Blumenthal
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first heard Jul 2026
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This sweeping sanctions bill has been long in the works.
It took painstaking, sometimes painful, negotiations and discussions.
But it meets a pivotal moment.
Hi, how are you?
Russia is sanctioned, but there are plenty of entities and individuals who have escaped sanctions so far.
And this measure would impose scorching, absolutely sledgehammer sanctions on more of the oligarchs.
on the banks, on the energy companies, and on Vladimir Putin himself, separating them very strictly from the world's financial system.
And as to whether sanctions have worked so far, that's the reason why more sanctions should be imposed.
Actually, the sanctions so far have deprived them, I think it's about a $450 billion price tag, which hasn't stopped the Russian economy.
But the objective here is to stop the major purses of Russian oil and gas.
So I think they'll have an effect.
Will they single-handedly bring Vladimir Putin to the table?
No, they have to be combined with other kinds of economic and military measures.
Tariffs have always been used as a political weapon.
You just look at the history of tariffs.
They are as much or more used as a political weapon.
Any country that dislikes these tariffs has an easy way to avoid them.
You know what that is?
Stop buying Russian oil and gas.
Buy it elsewhere.
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