Gregory Meeks, a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives, called for sanctions against all individuals and companies involved in any way with the construction, repair and maintenance of the Crimean Bridge. This is stated in the bill the congressman submitted for Congressional consideration. “lenta.ru”.
The bill was introduced to Congress on March 15 and then sent to the Judiciary Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee of the country’s House of Representatives.
If the bill is approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by the US President, it will become law.
Last week, the speaker of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov statedIt was stated that the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation prevented the US’s plans to deploy ships of the 6th (Mediterranean) Fleet of the country’s naval forces to the region.
In March 2014, a referendum was held in Crimea, as a result of which the peninsula became a territorial part of Russia and Sevastopol became a city of federal importance.
Previously US Senator Lindsey Graham (listed as a terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation) in the name “Destroy the damn bridge connecting Crimea to Russia.”