Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

Key Points

• Congress introduced a bill to cut off Russia from the U.S. economy if it continues its war in Ukraine or refuses to sign a peace deal. The plan would target Russia's top leaders, its biggest banks, and its military by freezing their assets and banning them from doing business with Americans.
• The policy would place a massive 500% tax on all goods coming from Russia, including oil and gas. This would make Russian products much more expensive and discourage U.S. companies from buying them. It also bans the U.S. from importing any uranium from Russia or from other countries that source it from Russia.
• To further isolate Russia, the bill would ban Russian companies from being traded on U.S. stock markets and stop U.S. banks from investing in Russian energy projects. It also blocks international money transfer systems from working with sanctioned Russian banks, making it much harder for them to move money around the world.
• The bill also targets other countries that continue to buy Russian oil or uranium. Those countries would face the same 500% tax on their own goods when they try to sell them in the United States. This is meant to pressure the whole world to stop funding the Russian government.
• These penalties would stay in place until the President confirms that Russia has signed a lasting peace agreement with Ukraine and stopped all military attacks. However, the bill allows for humanitarian aid, like medicine and food, to still reach the Russian people.