US assume sanctions from the Russian Federation: Rubio specified when possible - Bloomberg

To extend: European leaders have worried US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the possibility of abolishing economic restrictions on Russia against the backdrop of Donald Trump's desire to end the war as soon as possible. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after negotiations in Saudi Arabia with a Russian delegation, admitted the withdrawal of some economic sanctions from the Russian Federation after the end of the war in Ukraine.

This statement was concerned about European leaders, and Rubio assured that sanctions would not be canceled before the peace agreement is signed, Bloomberg reports with reference to its own sources.

According to the sources of the publication unnecessary with the situation, on February 18, Marco Rubio told European colleagues that sanctions against the Russian Federation would be maintained despite the statement of President Donald Trump about a probable meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin by late February.

The concern is that Trump can "seek economic opportunities" to negotiate with Russia to end the war as soon as possible, said Andrea Kendall-Tailor, a former high-ranking intelligence employee, who is now director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for New American Security.

Journalists note that the constant strengthening of sanctions against the Russian Federation, from its central bank to large energy companies and high -ranking officials, were the basis of confrontation between the Kremlin regime by Western allies. The decision to abolish restrictions may cross the efforts made to deprive Moscow money to finance the war. The State Department's representative refused to give a comment on this issue.

The State Department of Rubio's conversation with European allies is not mentioned, but it is noted that the US and the Russian Federation "agreed to remain in close contact as they work on the final termination of the conflict in Ukraine. " "The Russians will undoubtedly demand the abolition of all sanctions as part of the ceasefire," Daniel Fried, a former high -ranking official from US sanctions, told reporters.

According to him, such a step would be reckless on the part of the Trump administration, because after the sanctions are abolished, the Russians do not adhere to the ceasefire regime. "And since the Russians meet any conditions for anything in Ukraine?" Said Daniel Fried. We will remind, on February 18, during a meeting in Riyadh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to create negotiation groups on war in Ukraine.