iLMu2lautan – Presiden Amerika Syarikat Barack Obama telah berjanji untuk mendalamkan sekatan ekonomi ke atas Rusia pada akhir minggu ini, dan ternyata beliau telah secara senyap-senyap menandatangani rang undang-undang yang membuka jalan untuk lebih banyak sekatan tanpa halangan undang2 selanjutnya, kata Jabatan Negara.
Rang undang2 itu dijangka ditandatangani "pd akhir minggu" walaupun beberapa kebimbangan mengenai kandungannya, menurut kenyataan Setia-usaha Akhbar White House Josh Earnest di Selasa. Walau bagaimanapun, rang undang2 itu sebe-narnya ditandatangani tanpa kelewatan lagi, seperti yg disahkan oleh juru-cakap Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat Jen Psaki.
"Beliau menandatanganinya semalam," beliau menyatakan apabila ditanya mengenai rang undang-undang sekatan yang digelar Ukraine Akta Kebebasan Sokongan 2014.
Rang undang-undang itu akan menyaksikan kira-kira $ 350 juta pada bantuan yang diberikan kepada Ukraine.
Selain bantuan tentera dan bukan tentera ke Ukraine, rang undang2 tambahan membolehkan pengenaan lagi sekatan bersyarat pada sektor pertahanan Rusia, seperti hukuman ke atas milik negara senjata Rosoboronexport peniaga dan orang perseorangan yang berkaitan.
Rang undang2 juga membayangkan $ 20 juta dana tahunan bagi menyokong "demokrasi Rusia & masyarakat sivil organisasi" termasuk melalui peningkatan "US aktiviti penyiaran kerajaan disokong." Satu lagi keutamaan berkembang penyiaran di negara-negara bekas Kesatuan Soviet, yang akan kos lain $ 10 juta setahun.
Walaupun rang undang-undang itu tidak membuat sekatan wajib sepenuhnya, ia membolehkan Obama untuk memutuskan bahagian mana rang undang2 untuk menguatkuasakan.
OBAMA Already SIGNED New ‘RUSSIAN Sanctions BILL’ - State Department . . .
US President Barack Obama has promised to deepen economic sanctions against Russia by the end of the week, and it turns out he already quietly signed the bill that opens way for more restrictions without further legal hurdle, State Department said.
The bill was expected to be signed “by the end of the week” despite some concerns about its contents, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest’s statement in Tuesday. However, the bill was actually signed without further delay, as confirmed by US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki.
“He signed it yesterday,” she stated when asked about the sanctions bill dubbed Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014.
The bill will see some $350 million in assistance provided to Ukraine.
Besides the military and non-military assistance to Ukraine, the bill additionally allows further imposition of conditional sanctions on the Russian defense sector, such as penalties on state-owned arms dealer Rosoboronexport as well as connected individuals.
The bill also envisions $20 million in annual funding in order to support “Russian democracy and civil society organizations” including through increasing “US government-supported broadcasting activities.” Another priority is expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union, which will cost another $10 million per year.
Although the bill does not make sanctions fully obligatory, it allows Obama to decide which parts of the bill to enforce.
