“We ask you to consider whether the Trump administration's April 1 decision to accept a batch of Russian-made ventilators violated US sanctions.
We also ask you to investigate how the shipment of US-made ventilators in May contributed to US foreign policy objectives and to what extent President Donald Trump or other officials in the White House could inappropriately influence this decision, "RIA Novosti quoted the text of the letter.
As noted, the bill for the devices delivered from Russia amounted to $ 659 thousand, while the batch of devices sent to Russia was estimated by the administration at $ 5.6 million.
In addition, the message says that the Russian devices were produced by a company that is under US sanctions, and the devices themselves could not be used due to difficulties with the mismatching mains voltage.
Russia and the United States carried out mutual deliveries of ventilators.
Thus, the Russian side sent a batch of ventilators to the United States in April.
In turn, the United States sent a batch of devices of its own production to Russia in May.
As noted in the Kremlin, speaking about the supply of devices, this assistance was sent at a critical moment for the United States.