US legislators propose bill to tie Russian sanctions to Crimea

Members of the US Congress introduced a bill “to contain, reverse and deter Russian aggression” and “assist Ukraine’s democratic transition,” proposing that sanctions against Russia be lifted if and when Crimea “is returned” to Ukraine, RT reports.

Democrat Eliot Engel and Republican Adam Kinzinger, the authors of the bill posted on the website of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday, suggest that Russia could be freed from sanctions if and when the US President “submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea has been restored” and “the status of Crimea has been resolved, through an internationally-supervised process, to the satisfaction of the democratically-elected government of Ukraine.”