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Richard Blumenthal: “A bill that would impose sledgehammer sanctions on Russia…”

Featuring: Richard Blumenthal, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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CT '26: Ukraine update from Sen. Blumenthal

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

It definitely is getting a vote, and I hope favorable and that we can then move forward on something like it in the Senate or independently. A bill that would impose sledgehammer sanctions on Russia and also secondary tariffs on the major purchaser of oil and gas like China and India. They buy 90% of all the Russian oil and gas, and they are fueling the war machine that Putin has constructed. But the other part of the takeaway is that the Ukrainians are endlessly tenacious and ingenious. (04:09–04:19)

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Asserts that there is a bill proposing heavy sanctions on Russia and tariffs on China and India.

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