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) on the imposition of sanctions against the Russian Federation and for other purposes,” follows from the data published on the website of the US Congress.

The project was submitted on January 19th.

The text of the document has not yet been officially published.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden made a statement that in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine, Russian banks would lose the opportunity to conduct transactions with the US dollar.

At the same time, he noted that such serious sanctions could negatively affect the American economy.