A bill was submitted in the US House of Representatives that would limit the ability of the Ministry of Finance to independently remove sanctions limits without the consent of Congress. The initiative refers to the controversy surrounding transactions with Russian diesel fuel that was authorized by Washington. Allies of President Donald Trump criticized the project, seeing it as an attempt to block agreements on the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States. Other lawmakers are calling for tighter oversight of sanctions exceptions. The subject of the conflict was the powers of the executive authority to get rid of prohibitions that had already been introduced. For now, this is a legislative initiative, and not a supply ban that has come into effect. The adoption of such a mechanism will mean that decisions on exceptions to sanctions will no longer depend only on the administration and the Ministry of Finance. The dispute goes beyond a single shipment of fuel: it determines who in Washington will be able to approve economic deals with Russia despite existing restrictions.

A bill was submitted in the US House of Representatives that would limit the ability of the Ministry of Finance to independently remove sanctions limits without the consent of Congress. The initiative refers to the controversy surrounding transactions with Russian diesel fuel that was authorized by Washington. Allies of President Donald Trump criticized the project, seeing it as an attempt to block agreements on the supply of Russian diesel fuel to the United States. Other lawmakers are calling for tighter oversight of sanctions exceptions. The subject of the conflict was the powers of the executive authority to get rid of prohibitions that had already been introduced. For now, this is a legislative initiative, and not a supply ban that has come into effect. The adoption of such a mechanism will mean that decisions on exceptions to sanctions will no longer depend only on the administration and the Ministry of Finance. The dispute goes beyond a single shipment of fuel: it determines who in Washington will be able to approve economic deals with Russia despite existing restrictions.