# Congress passes sweeping US sanctions bill targeting Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/61890

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-17 00:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/17/congress-passes-sweeping-us-sanctions-bill-targeting-russia?traffic_source=rss

> The US House passed a bipartisan bill targeting Russia and sent it to President Donald Trump, after the Senate had approved it. The measure would allow tariffs of up to 100 percent on countries importing Russian energy and impose sanctions on Russian officials, banks and a shadow tanker fleet. It is Congress’s first Ukraine-support legislation in more than two years.

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