Cybersecurity
Trump Faces Growing GOP Pressure to Maintain Russia Sanctions
- Pushback comes amid reports Trump is mulling lifting penalties
- Ohio Republican Rob Portman says U.S. must stand by Ukraine
Trump: We’ll See What Happens With Russia Sanctions
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A group of Republicans in the U.S. Senate is intensifying calls on President Donald Trump to keep sanctions on Russia in place ahead of his planned call with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio and others were responding to media reports that Trump administration officials are considering taking executive actions to lift sanctions imposed on Russia in 2014 over its occupation of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine.