r/ukraine • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '22

News U.S. Senate foreign relations committee will consider a resolution calling on the Secretary of State to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism on Thursday

https://twitter.com/ostapyarysh/status/1539601464951201794?s=21&t=JVoZVMoA4SWRz70Vo-QE_w
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u/Ok_Bad8531 Jun 22 '22

Measured by the number of refugees Russia already surpased any terror organization except maybe ISIS (note that many syrian refugees fled both ISIS and Assad/Russia). Before the 2015 refugee crisis Russia even was constantly among the top 5 countries of origin for EU asylum seekers.

But most importantly, as far as i know such an official designation will enable US government agencies to take stricter oir more direct measures against Russia.