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Portman Warns Trump Not To Lift Russian Sanctions

Ideastream Public Media | By M.L. Schultze,
M.L. Schultze
Published February 1, 2017 at 9:20 PM EST
Portman's press secretary says he'd make the same choice he made in December.
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Portman's press secretary says he'd make the same choice he made in December.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman continues to warn the Trump administration against trying to lift sanctions against Russia. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze has more.

Portman's press secretary says he'd make the same choice he made in December.
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Portman says the sanctions shouldn't be lifted until Russia changes its behavior.

Portman has been a strong supporter of Ukraine and critic of Russia following its invasion of the country in 2014. And he says he’s concerned that President Trump is considering lifting the sanctions imposed at that time as well as those imposed after Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

“If you do lift these sanctions for reasons other than a change in behavior that led to the sanctions in the first place, I think you really send a dangerous message to everyone: our allies and our adversaries alike. And it leads to more questions of the value of American leadership."

Portman had criticized President Obama after the invasion, saying his response was not strong enough.

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M.L. Schultze came to WKSU as news director in July 2007 after 25 years at The Repository in Canton, where she was managing editor for nearly a decade. She’s now the digital editor and an award-winning reporter and analyst who has appeared on NPR, Here and Now and the TakeAway, as well as being a regular panelist on Ideas, the WVIZ public television's reporter roundtable.