# Trump signs late Senator Lindsey Graham’s ‘sanctions from hell’ law against Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/64964

- Meduza, 2026-09-18 22:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/19/trump-signs-late-senator-lindsey-graham-s-sanctions-from-hell-law-against-russia

> President Donald Trump signed a new law expanding statutory sanctions, tariffs and prohibitions against Russia while extending existing sanctions on Iran. It authorizes the president to impose 100% tariffs on the five largest buyers of Russian energy and sanctions on Russian defense, energy and financial entities, its shadow fleet and much of its political and military leadership. Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Trump for signing it.

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