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US Presidential Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg
The application of sanctions against Russia is currently at a 3 on a 10-point scale for the degree of "painfulness of economic pressure."
US President Donald Trump is ready to double sanctions to force Russia to end its war against Ukraine, Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg said, The New York Post reports.
According to him, the current sanctions against Russia in terms of the degree of "painfulness of economic pressure" are at about 3 points on a 10-point scale. The US sanctions themselves - for example, those targeting Russia's profitable energy sector - are "nominally twice as high," but there is still room for them to be strengthened.
"It is indeed possible to tighten sanctions — especially the latest sanctions (against oil production and exports — ed.). This opens up a wide range of opportunities to do something. And if anyone understands the leverage, it is President Donald Trump," Kellogg said.
