1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Proposals to Impose Sanctions on Russian Sovereign Debt name redacted Specialist in International Trade and Finance August 6, 2018 The United States imposes sanctions on hundreds of Russian individuals and entities for ag
2、gression against Ukraine, election interference, malicious cyber activity, human rights violations, weapons proliferation, and other activities. Some Members of Congress are proposing additional sanctions in response to continuing objectionable behavior by the Russian government. One proposal is to
3、sanction new debt issued by the Russian government. If enacted, U.S. investors would be prohibited from buying or trading new Russian sovereign debt. Targeting Russian sovereign debt would escalate U.S. sanctions against Russia. Some analysts call it the “nuclear option.” No other government sanctio
4、ns Russian sovereign debt, although the British government debated it following the nerve agent attack against a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter in the United Kingdom in March 2018. However, the United States has sanctioned the sovereign debt of other countries, including Iran a
