Although the US has yet to come up with ways that would finally convince Russia to give up on Crimea, a US senator has made steps on Wednesday to ensure that such political move from the administration of President Vladimir Putin would not be documented, on the maps at least. According to Yahoo! News, Independent Senator Dan Coats has introduces a new legislation that contains a provision that would ban the making of maps or any US paper that would show that Russia owned the Black Se peninsula owned by Ukraine. Coats is among the nine Americans on whom Russia has recently slapped sanctions, the news report noted.
Coats said about the legislation in the statement, "The American response must be much greater than a verbal slap if we want Putin to understand his actions in Ukraine are unacceptable and will not be tolerated."
Aside from the banning of the Government Printing Office from the production of paper regarding the situation in Crimea, the legislation also included a ban on facilitating investments that involve an official of the Russian Federation or a private sector entity into Crimea. Yahoo! News said the legislation also extends the laws to International Monetary Fund or World Bank loans. Another would be the denial of service of ships from Crimean ports containing Russian cargo by US ports.
One interesting provision in Coats' legislation is the ban on providing economic or military aid to any country that recognizes the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Yahoo! News said that this provision was most effective for the US to keep their allies and friendly countries in check on whom to support in light of the crisis in Crimea.
On the other hand, Coats' legislation also indicated that Washington no longer has options to convince Russia from withdrawing its claim on Crimea, Yahoo! news said.
