Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates expresses the sense of Congress that Russia should face maximum sanctions if refusing good faith peace negotiations with Ukraine, and that the U.S. should provide sustainable security assistance to Ukraine, defines key terms used throughout the Act including Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, covered determination, critical infrastructure, and other legal definitions, and mandates sanctions including asset freezes and transaction prohibitions on Russian government officials and military leaders including Putin, ministers, and commanders, plus any person supporting Russian aggression. It relies on compliance mandates, trade restrictions, tariffs, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy, Finance, Energy, and Trade.
Who Benefits and How
Ukraine could face reduced risk, U.S. intelligence agencies could face lower compliance burdens, and Humanitarian aid organizations could face lower compliance burdens.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Russian Federation could face higher costs, Sanctioned Russian financial institutions could face higher costs, and Russian state-owned banks (Central Bank, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank) could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Creates expresses the sense of Congress that Russia should face maximum sanctions if refusing good faith peace negotiations with Ukraine, and that the U.S. should provide sustainable security assistance to Ukraine.
- Defines key terms used throughout the Act including Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, covered determination, critical infrastructure, and other legal definitions.
- Mandates sanctions including asset freezes and transaction prohibitions on Russian government officials and military leaders including Putin, ministers, and commanders, plus any person supporting Russian aggression.
- Requires Treasury to impose sanctions on Russian financial institutions including Central Bank, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, blocking all property and prohibiting transactions with any institution that deals with them.
- Requires Treasury to impose sanctions on any entity owned by or affiliated with the Russian government, blocking all property transactions in the U.S.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates expresses the sense of Congress that Russia should face maximum sanctions if refusing good faith peace negotiations with Ukraine, and that the U.S. should provide sustainable security assistance to Ukraine, defines key terms used throughout the Act including Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, covered determination, critical infrastructure, and other legal definitions, and mandates sanctions including asset freezes and transaction prohibitions on Russian government officials and military leaders including Putin, ministers, and commanders, plus any person supporting Russian aggression.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Finance, Energy, Trade
Primary Purpose
The bill creates expresses the sense of Congress that Russia should face maximum sanctions if refusing good faith peace negotiations with Ukraine, and that the U.S. should provide sustainable security assistance to Ukraine, defines key terms used throughout the Act including Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, covered determination, critical infrastructure, and other legal definitions, and mandates sanctions including asset freezes and transaction prohibitions on Russian government officials and military leaders including Putin, ministers, and commanders, plus any person supporting Russian aggression.
Policy Domains
Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Ukraine
- U.S. intelligence agencies
- Humanitarian aid organizations
- U.S. domestic energy producers
- Russian diplomats at UN
Identified Costs
- Russian Federation
- Sanctioned Russian financial institutions
- Russian state-owned banks (Central Bank, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank)
- Russian persons and entities
- Russian military commanders and personnel
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Durbin, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Foreign financial institutions transacting with Russian banks, Russian state-owned banks (Central Bank, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank), Sanctioned Russian financial institutions
Countries purchasing Russian energy (China, India, etc.), Russian Federation, Russian diplomats at UN
Positive-direction: Russian diplomats at UN, U.S. intelligence agencies, Ukraine
Negative-direction: Countries purchasing Russian energy (China, India, etc.), Russian Federation, Russian government officials (President, Prime Minister, Ministers), Russian government-controlled entities, Russian military commanders and personnel
Persons subject to sanctions under sections 5 and 6, Russian persons and entities, U.S. persons and businesses
Foreign persons supporting Russian energy production, Russian energy sector, U.S. domestic energy producers
Positive-direction: U.S. domestic energy producers
Negative-direction: Foreign persons supporting Russian energy production, Russian energy sector, U.S. energy exporters
Russian exporters, U.S. importers from countries buying Russian energy, U.S. importers of Russian goods
Foreign persons trading Russian uranium, Non-Russian uranium suppliers (Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan alternatives), Rosatom and Russian uranium producers
Positive-direction: Non-Russian uranium suppliers (Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan alternatives)
Negative-direction: Foreign persons trading Russian uranium, Rosatom and Russian uranium producers
U.S. consumers, U.S. consumers of goods with Russian alternatives
Directors, officers, shareholders of messaging services, Global financial messaging services (SWIFT and similar)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ustr"
- → United States Trade Representative
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "the_secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "the_secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Includes Aerospace Forces, Airborne Forces, Ground Forces, Navy, Special Operations Command, Strategic Rocket Forces, General Staff, Main Directorate of General Staff, and any successor entities or proxies
A citizen or national of Russia, or an entity organized under Russian laws or subject to Russian government jurisdiction
A determination by the President as described in section 4 (that Russia is not engaging in good faith peace negotiations)
Systems and assets vital to Ukraine whose incapacity would have catastrophic effects on public health, safety, economic security, or national security
Any financial institution that is a U.S. person, including investment companies, private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds
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