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Senate bill seeks to preserve Russian help on Iran, Syria

The US is moving ahead with new sanctions on Russia, despite needing the Kremlin’s cooperation on a host of Middle East issues.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry appears before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington March 12, 2014.
 REUTERS/Gary Cameron  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR3GS2E

The Senate Foreign Relations panel voted 14-3 on Wednesday on a $1 billion line of credit for Ukraine’s broke interim government.

The legislation also calls for targeted sanctions against Russians involved in violence and human rights abuses in Ukraine, as well as those complicit in corruption in the country.

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