The United States should accelerate the process of strengthening sanctions against Russia by depriving the Russian military of necessary components and reducing revenues from hydrocarbon exports, said the US Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Dalip Singh.
“The USA should make efforts in two directions with regard to Russia: disarming the Russian military machine and depriving it of its financial income,” he said during a speech at the Carnegie Foundation.
In his opinion, this should be done by strengthening the sanctions regime and export control measures.
Singh said that Russia’s supply of dual-use components depends on third countries that violate US sanctions. According to him, they primarily include China, as well as India, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and a number of others.
The most important component of the decline in Russia’s financial income is control over its oil supplies, the official believes.
According to him, “the moment is approaching when it will be possible to talk about a much tougher regime, regarding the shadow fleet, and the volumes of oil that Russia is allowed to supply to the market.”
Singh noted that Washington “should step up” in the listed directions.
