As journalists and pundits eagerly chase leads and leaks about Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, a more consequential Russia story is playing out in plain sight. In recent days, the Trump Administration and a Republican Congress have been doing a delicate dance over new sanctions against Moscow, in what could be a telling indicator of where relations are heading.Last week, the Senate overwhelmingly passed an amendment to expand and codify sanctions against Russia. As we wrote at the time, the story in many ways featured a repeat of Obama-era dynamics over the Magnitsky Bill, with a Russia-hawkish Congress trying to tie …read more
Source: The American Interest
