On February 3, during her first speech in the UN Security Council, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the audience that Donald Trump’s administration is not going to ease or cancel the anti-Russian sanctions until Russia gives the Crimea back to Ukraine. Later on, a White House representative confirmed this intention.
Previously, the White House was reported to haven’t decided on the anti-Russian sanctions yet. On top of that, Donald Trump and Putting didn’t discuss the sanctions during their first phone conversation not so long ago.
However, a couple of days ago, several internet sources reported that President Trump had eased the sanctions against Russia. This happened after the U.S. Department of the Treasury reported a couple of chances to the sanctions imposed on Russia during Obama’s administration as a response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimea. They say the changes concerned those American corporations – Cisco, Microsoft and others – who had to contact Russian secret services in order to get permissions to sell their products and services in Russia. The changes were approved on February 2.
However, later on, Donald Trump said that this was a purely formal move and it didn’t signal any easing.
