US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order providing for the suspension of new sanctions targeting Russia. The decision came two days before the regulation, which mandates sanctions on the Russian government and state-owned companies, as well as the imposition of tariffs on countries importing energy from Russia, was set to take effect.
In a statement released on the White House website, it was reported that Trump signed the executive order suspending the sanctions in question on the grounds of "national interests."
On September 18, Trump had signed the bill that mandated sanctions on the Russian government and state-owned companies and the imposition of tariffs on countries importing energy from Russia.
The US President had also announced on October 9 that they had reached an agreement with Russia for the supply of hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel in order to lower global fuel prices, and that sanctions were being temporarily suspended within this framework. This announcement was made weeks after the US Congress passed the law mandating the imposition of high customs duties on the largest importers of Russian oil or natural gas.
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