According to her, the White House asked congressmen to remove measures related to the intelligence and defense sectors from the last bill on sanctions against Russia.
“The sectors that are accused of creating potential threats to our people in uniform,” Pelosi said during the briefing.
She stated that it is necessary to restore sanctions against these industries.
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- Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 2, 2020On June 28, Pelosi announced that Russia was "recouping the United States" in Afghanistan.
In late June, The New York Times, citing sources, published an article alleging that Russian military intelligence allegedly offered rewards to Taliban * militants for attacks on American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry called this publication "unpretentious stuffing." As noted in the department, this clearly illustrates the "low intellectual ability of propagandists from American intelligence."
US President Donald Trump noted the custom-made nature of the article, and the Taliban spokesman rejected the newspaper’s allegations.
* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.