VOL. XL

No. 45

10-November-1997

IRAN

D'Amato Targets Russia's Gazprom As Sanctions Debate Heats Up In Washington

As the debate heats up in Washington about the use by the US of extraterritorialsanctions as an instrument of foreign policy, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) - theinfluential Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and leading sponsor of thecontroversial Iran-Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) of 1996 - has made it clear that he issingling out Russia's Gazprom as a prime target for financial...