Неделя Коми

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На прошлой неделе не было времени писать, но произошло множество интересных событий.

1. В понедельник не состоялись новые санкции, о которых накануне поспешила объявить Никки Хейли, посол США в ООН.

The day before US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley went on national television saying that new sanctions would be announced against Russia, the White House sent out a list of talking points to surrogates advocating such a move. But the day after she announced sanctions would be coming, the White House contradicted itself, abruptly saying it would not be following through with the sanctions.
CNN obtained an email distributed by the White House on Saturday morning, April 14, outlining the administration's response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria. The talking points said, "We also intend to impose specific additional sanctions against Russia to respond to Moscow's ongoing support for the Assad regime, which has enabled the regime's atrocities against the Syrian people."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/politics/white-house-syria-talking-points/index.html



President Trump was watching television on Sunday when he saw Nikki R. Haley, his ambassador to the United Nations, announce that he would impose fresh sanctions on Russia. The president grew angry, according to an official informed about the moment. As far as he was concerned, he had decided no such thing.
It was not the first time Mr. Trump has yelled at the television over something he saw Ms. Haley saying. This time, however, the divergence has spilled into public in a remarkable display of discord that stems not just from competing views of Russia but from larger questions of political ambition, jealousy, resentment and loyalty. <...>
At one point recently, he saw Ms. Haley on television sharply criticizing Russia over its intervention in Ukraine. “Who wrote that for her?” Mr. Trump yelled angrily at the screen, according to people briefed on the moment. “Who wrote that for her?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/world/europe/trump-nikki-haley-russia-sanctions.html

До того, как сообщить об отмене новых санкций послу Хейли, об этом сообщили Путину.

Посольство в Вашингтоне получило уведомление от администрации Дональда Трампа, что новые санкции против Москвы в ближайшее время вводить не планируется, сообщил источник в МИД России.
https://ria.ru/politics/20180418/1518883147.html

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