On July 28, the US Senate voted 98-2 to adopt the new Combating America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). President Donald Trump had little choice and signed it into law on August 2, although the main aim of the law was to make sure that the president could not revoke the sanctions against Russia because of its military aggression in Ukraine on his own.
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A woman pushes a pram through the snow at a park in Moscow on January 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV
