The Chamber of Representatives of the US Congress voted for the refusal of Russian energy carriers. The draft law on the prohibition of energy imports from Russia supported 413 congressmen, nine voted against, reports RBC.
During the same meeting, the House of Representatives of Congress also endorsed the deprivation of Russia and Belarus’s greatest favored status in trade. In support of the initiative, 420 congressmen spoke, against three.
Congress finally approved these bills, now they must be to sign President Joe Biden.
Biden announced the ban on the import of oil and gas from Russia back in early March, noting that this decision would hit the United States, as prices for gasoline will grow. He also stated that he did not expect a similar step by Europe, because European countries are more dependent on deliveries from Russia.
In the US Department of Finance, the US Department was delivered to the states of such goods of Russian origin as crude oil, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas, coal and coal products.