New Year To Bring New Test For Trump Administration On Key Russia Sanctions
On the fifth anniversary of an important Russian sanctions law, Bill Browder, who pushed for the law, says the Trump administration faces an opportunity to show strength — or leniency — to Putin.
The New Year will bring a new test for President Trump and the United States' relationship with Russia.
Five years ago, President Obama signed a bill imposing sanctions on a group of powerful people there charged with involvement in the death of a Russian lawyer who uncovered a $230 million tax fraud scheme — and then died in government custody. The sanctions infuriated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Since then, the State Department has put more of each year, and the choice it makes next month about who or how many people it adds could be consequential.
