WASHINGTON: The US Senate advanced sweeping sanctions legislation targeting Russia’s energy revenues Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington to press for stronger action against Moscow. Senators voted 86-12 to begin consideration of the bipartisan measure, clearing its first procedural hurdle but leaving further debate and a final vote still to come. The bill would impose sanctions on Russian officials, oligarchs, financial institutions and the so-called shadow fleet used to evade restrictions on Moscow’s oil exports.

Zelensky visited Capitol Hill on July 28 to push the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, facing Democratic resistance over executive powers and

A bipartisan group of US senators has reached agreement on a long-awaited bill that would enable President Donald Trump to impose additional sanctions on major buyers of Russian…