Ben Cardin: “We want to make sure there is a fair sharing of the burdens of the developing world in dealing with these problems.”

There is no reason why somebody should be sanctioned in America and not in Europe or not in the U.K.

We need to consider how we deal with that.

If we are going to carry this as a value on the international stage, that the United States stands up for human rights and certain values and the rule of law, is it not important that we be willing to apply these sanctions to accomplish…

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.