Caatsa Sanctions Waiver
Ro Khanna introduces standalone bill in US House for CAATSA waiver to India
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has introduced a stand-alone bill in the US House of Representatives that gives India specific waivers from the punitive CAATSA sanctions. CAATSA is a tough US law that authorises the administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections. The law was brought in 2017 and provides for punitive actions by the US government against any country engaged in transactions with the Russian defence and intelligence sectors. In October 2018, India signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems, despite a warning from the then-Trump administration that going ahead with the contract may invite US sanctions. The S-400 is known as Russia's most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system. The resolution, which has also been endorsed by ...
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Biden will expedite CAATSA sanctions waiver, has political mileage: Khanna
The recent India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver by the US House of Representatives is the most consequential vote since the civilian nuclear deal
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US votes for India-specific CAATSA waiver to fight aggressors like China
The US House of Representative on Thursday passed a legislative amendment that approves an India-specific waiver for punitive CAATSA sanctions
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News updates: Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Lanka's interim president
Live news updates: Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya
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Republican senator supports waiving CAATSA sanctions against India
A top Republican senator supported waiving of CAATSA sanctions against India for purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia.
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Have not determined yet on potential CAATSA waiver to India on S400: US
The State Department comments come a week after India started receiving the supplies of S-400 missile defense system from Russia
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After India's S-400 deal, WH says CAATSA sanctions waiver's scope 'narrow'
The S-400 missile defense system would give India's defense a cutting-edge security against any missile attack by its enemies.
