The US Senate has approved a bill banning the import of uranium from Russia. This was reported by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the US Parliament. Senators John Barrasso, Joe Manchin and Jim Risch unanimously supported the adoption of HR 1042, which would prohibit the import of the specified resource into the states. After the document is adopted in the upper house of the US Congress, the document is sent for approval to US President Joseph Biden, Bloomberg reports. It was previously reported that the Biden administration is considering banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia. On April 19, it was reported that the United States had independently produced the first 90 kilograms of enriched uranium. Previously, the United States introduced a ban on the import of Russian-made aluminum, copper and nickel. It was noted that these restrictions do not affect metals from Russia produced before April 13, 2024. At the same time, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that this decision is completely politicized. In an interview with “Evening Moscow”, political scientist Dmitry Zhuravlev noted that the only thing the West can do and has not yet done is this. ban the export of titanium to Russia. At the same time, he emphasized that such a measure would have more severe consequences for Europe and the United States, and not for the Russian Federation. Economist Andrei Bunich previously explained why the United States cannot abandon Russian uranium.
The US Senate approved a bill banning the import of uranium from Russia – Russia today
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