The latest news from US media: Biden administration is considering designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism
[Global Web Reporter Wang Yixuan] According to a CNN report on the 18th local time, a senior US official claimed that the US State Department is "looking for all available methods" to hold Russia responsible for the Russia-Ukraine war, including the possible Russia is listed as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decision that could take weeks.
According to reports, US State Department spokesman Ned Price accepted an interview with CNN on the 18th and said that the United States is carefully studying the relevant facts and laws on the possibility of listing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, "whether this authorization is , or any other mandate given to us by law, which we will implement as valid and appropriate."
According to the US State Department's definition, a state sponsor of terrorism is a state that "repeatedly provides support for acts of international terrorism".
Only four countries are currently listed by the United States as sponsors of terrorism: North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Syria.
In a recent phone conversation between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Biden, he asked Biden to list Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism in order to intensify the international community's condemnation of Russia, but Biden did not. Commit to its request.