Pelosi: US should sanction Russia for alleged bounty scheme
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called for US sanctions against Russia's intelligence service over bounties that it reportedly offered Taliban militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan.
The top Democrat in Congress also said the White House had opposed sanctions "that pertained to the intelligence and the defense sectors" of Russia in previous bipartisan legislation that was aimed at punishing Moscow.
Russian intelligence and defense comprise "the very sector that is accused of possible threats on our men and women in uniform" through the bounty scheme, Pelosi said.
"Whatever else happens of this, we must restore those sanctions and we must act upon them."
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