Biden: It depends on the Trump administration whether the sanctions against Russia will remain in force

Officials of the administration of US President Joe Biden said that it will depend on the future administration of Donald Trump whether the comprehensive sanctions on the Russian energy sector will remain in force or will be lifted.

Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press for comment on the sanctions imposed Friday, but Trump told reporters Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “wants to meet and we’re working on that.”

Trump’s good relationship with Putin has been a serious question for years, and the incoming Republican president also disagrees with the level of aid to Kiev, promising to take steps to end the war in Ukraine as soon as he returns to office on January 20.

At the beginning of the week, Trump added a new dose of doubt to the future American support for Kiev, when he seemed to understand Putin’s position that Ukraine should not be part of the NATO alliance, and he criticized the Biden administration for expressing support for Kiev’s eventual membership in the transatlantic military alliance. , Voice of America reports.

In the event that the Trump administration moves to lift sanctions, it would first have to notify Congress, which would have the option of voting against such a move.