‘Moral signal’: Zelensky thanks US senators for Russia sanctions bill that puts India, others at 100% tariff risk

The Russia sanctions bill, championed by late senator Lindsey Graham, aims to increase economic pressure on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The bill would give Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on goods from major purchasers of Russian oil and gas, especially China and India.

2 min readJul 29, 2026 08:45 AM IST Barry Black, chaplain of the Senate, speaks during a congressional tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP) US Senate on Tuesday cleared the Russia sanctions bill, whi

The US Senate voted 86–12 to advance sweeping sanctions targeting Russia’s energy revenues, financial networks and shadow fleet, delivering a powerful bipartisan show of support for Ukraine as Zelensky watched from the chamber.

The US Senate advanced sweeping Russian energy sanctions legislation as Ukrainian President ⁠Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Capitol, seeing the vote as a tribute to the bill's author, the late Senator Lindsey Graham, on the day of his funeral.

The procedural vote came just hours after the funeral of the bill’s main architect, Sen. Lindsey Graham.

In a massive show of bipartisanship, 86 senators voted to move forward with a Russia and Iran sanctions bill that had been championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. Why it matters: The vote came hours after senators gathered to honor Graham's memory, and immediately following a closed-door meeting with Ukrainian Pres

"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute, discusses the role the late Senator Lindsey Graham played in helping persuade President Trump to maintain support for Ukraine and other "front-line de

Senators announced a breakthrough on the long-stalled measure as Senator Lindsey Graham, its main champion, was memorialized.

Graham was among Kyiv’s most influential and outspoken allies in Congress in its four-year-old war against Russia

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the two world leaders to town, where they'll separately visit the White House to discuss their region's wars.

WASHINGTON, July 27 - All 100 members of the U.S. Senate have been invited to a meeting on Tuesday evening with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy when he is in Washington for the funeral of late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, two Senate aides said.

All 100 senators have been invited to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in the U.S. Capitol, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill. The meeting was originally reported by Punchbowl News. The gathering comes as the Senate considers a bill that would impose harsher sanctions

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, a White House official confirmed, as diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia pick up speed.