Lawmakers Call for Sanctions on Russian Arms Dealer Rosboronexport
The State and Treasury Departments should impose sanctions on Russian state arms exporter Rosboronexport due to the recent Russian violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and its support for the “illegal” Crimean referendum on secession, said a bipartisan group of 38…
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House lawmakers in a letter to the secretaries of each department. The Defense Department should also cease payments to the arms exporter that relate to a 2013 contract to procure Mi-17 helicopters, they said. The Obama administration's Executive Order that expands the scope of sanctions should enable the imposition of sanctions on Rosboronexport, said the lawmakers (see 14030614).