According to RIA Novosti, sanctions should be introduced no later than 15 days after the receipt of such information.

A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on this initiative of the US senator, said that in the United States at present "a lot of hard to explain."

Previously, the Pentagon said it did not have any facts confirming information published in The New York Times about allegedly Russian ties with the Taliban.

US intelligence also previously acknowledged data attributed to Russia’s attempts to award a reward for Taliban-related militants for the killing of the US military by unreliable.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the publication of The New York Times "an unpretentious stuffing."

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.