A US House of representatives bill has set off a Russian Senator. A Chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament’s international committee warns that the new bill will amount to a ‘declaration of war.’
“This bill, I hope will never be implemented because its implementation envisions a scenario of power with forced inspections of all vessels by US warships,” Konstantin Kosachev said Friday.
The Senators statements follow the reported passage on Thursday of a House bill enhancing sanctions against North Korea. The Bill includes language that establishes “inspection authorities.”
The bill outlines the inspection authorities over Chinese, Iranian, Syrian and Russian ports. The latter include the ports of Nakhodka, Vanino and Vladivostok.
“Such a power scenario is beyond comprehension, because it means a declaration of war,” Kosachev underscored.
Quotes were originally posted to Sputnik News.
Updates
The comment came shortly after the US Congress approved the bill with additional sanctions against North Korea, allowing for the possible establishment of US control over seaports and sea routes in the Far East, including the Russian ports of Vanino, Nakhodka and Vladivostok.
The bill also expands the powers of the president of the United States to impose sanctions against individuals who violate certain UN Security Council resolutions.
The bill has to be passed by the US Senate and signed by the US president himself to come into force, and Kosachev expressed hope that this would never happen.
The senator emphasized that no one had given the United States official powers to enforce the UN Security Council resolution on North Korea, and said that Washington is trying to establish the primacy of US laws over international law.
Russian lower house lawmakers also described the fresh US motion as a threat to global security, warning that Russia would be forced to undertake reciprocal measures if the bill passed into law.
The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for Defense and Security, Frants Klintsevich, said that the possibility of external control over Russian sea ports was out of the question, but the mere fact that US lawmakers were discussing the proposal was definitely a hostile act.
He added that it was extremely unlikely that the US motion would force North Korea to change its course.
“What immediately draws attention is the list of nations where US congressmen want to have special control over sea ports,” he said. “These are Russia, China, Iran and Syria. The United States is again trying to expand its jurisdiction all over the globe. It is as if they were telling Russia, China, Iran and Syria that these nations are suspects in crime, which is nonsense, according to international law.” – Read More
The bankers are itching for a war, they probably need more money and Pease is not a good for “business”
Sounde like bullshit…the USA would never encroach on russian or chinese soverign waters….fear mongering….why doesnt russia take out North Korea for us and solve the problem….would be nice if putin and trump could truely be allies…
We do not want a friggin war. You politicians have no money left, your all broke the American dollar is toast and now you want our sons and daughters to fight for your sorry mishandling of our future. Why don’t you go fight and bring your sons and daughters leave us alone.
Toto has exposed the old man behind the curtain. Now somebody lead him to the old folks home before he pulls any more levers.
Guess, I’m not informed enough to completely understand this. More detail from you all or Sputnik would have been nice. As the headline is disturbing. Is this simply one more attempt to goad the Communists into taking action for the war to end all wars? Or “sensible” security measures against hostile foreign regimes? By the way, thanks for not posting my comment, the last time I bothered with your site.
I reported on what I know, I am a bit lost as to why the senator would have said that, the only thing that makes sense with it all is that our, the American, army would be inspecting ships and transport vessels in the region which is why Russia is frustrated.. But that is all I know at this time, I will of course update the post as we get more info.
The whole point is that the US is claiming it has the right to board Russia’s )and other nations( ships in their sovereign waters and at their own nations sovereign ports by gun point like a pirate. “The bill outlines the inspection authorities over Chinese, Iranian, Syrian and Russian ports. The latter include the ports of Nakhodka, Vanino and Vladivostok” Also anywhere in the world the US sees fit. This historically has been seen as a big no no for thousands of years and always leads to wars.
This would be like the Russians saying they will board all ships docked at the New York harbor. We would be irate.
You are exactly right… Did you listen to the podcast I made with the report? That was an updated one, where I mentioned it a bit.
I haven’t yet but I am fixing to. Thank you for reporting the truth and the work you do.
Sounds good thank you for the kind words and we will keep it up! – Nate
The bill in question is HR 1644. You can download it in PDF here…
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HR-1644.pdf
Read the bill yourself and find out.
The way I understand it, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives expects a report of ships that violate the UN sanctions and of the ports of origin of aforementioned ships.
Once they identify those ports, they will permit legal restrictions limiting access or even prohibiting access to US territorial waters to all those ships originating from the identified ports.
I think they are saying something like “…if you do business with North Korea, you will not be allowed to do business with us.”
Americans are finding out that their definition of ‘Make America Great Again’ = Create Jobs by Improving Infrastructure & Bringing Back Manufacturing (Made in America)
Does not equal President Trumps definition of ‘Make America Great Again’ = Total Military Domination
I hate the fact that, that seems to be the case. Especially with what RT said about how this will equal global military inspections…