Эффективные санкции

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В банковской комиссии Сената (Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs) прошли удивительно толковые слушания на тему российских санкций:
1. Outside Perspectives on Russia Sanctions: Current Effectiveness and Potential for Next Steps
https://www.banking.senate.gov/hearings/outside-perspectives-on-russia-sanctions_current-effectiveness-and

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Про "covert distribution of propaganda and disinformation", про которую говорится в указа Трампа, характерная история в книжке Боба Вудворда "Fear":

On July 25, the president again berated (National Security Adviser H.R.) McMaster. He had no interest in allies, Trump said. He didn’t want any troops in South Korea even when reminded about the differential between the seven seconds to detect an ICBM launch from there as opposed to 15-minute detection from Alaska.
On the colonnade outside the Oval Office, McMaster spoke with Cohn and Porter.
McMaster said that at 6:03 a.m., Trump had tweeted: “Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump campaign - ‘quietly working to boost Clinton.’ So where is the investigation A.G. [attorney general]”
It was clearly Russian propaganda, McMaster said. He and the NSC and intelligence experts had concluded that. But the president had picked it up and shot it out.
McMaster said he wasn’t sure how long he could stay.

В этот день (25 июля 2017) Конгресс принимал закон о санкциях, а Трамп начал первые публичные