{"id":1657820,"date":"2022-09-26T07:08:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657820"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:09:36","slug":"biden-unsure-if-russia-fits-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-unsure-if-russia-fits-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden \u201cUnsure\u201d if Russia Fits \u201cState Sponsor of Terrorism\u201d Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-unsure-if-russia-fits-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-designation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House national security adviser<\/a> Jake Sullivan on Sunday said President Biden is uncertain whether the state sponsor of terrorism designation is the right fit for Russia after Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal likened Moscow\u2019s actions to terrorist acts and genocide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Sullivan appeared on NBC\u2019s &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; and was asked why Biden hasn\u2019t added Russia to the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state sponsors of terrorism<\/a> with the likes of Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden has indicated that he is not certain that the state\u00a0sponsor of terror designation specifically is the right fit for what&#8217;s going on with Russia,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>The national security adviser said the crippling sanctions that the Biden administration has levied against Russia go well beyond what the U.S. has done with some countries already on the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/putin-losing-war-ukraine-forcing-annexation-referendum-secure-political-victory-keane-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PUTIN \u2018LOSING\u2019 WAR IN UKRAINE, FORCING ANNEXATION REFERENDUM TO SECURE \u2018POLITICAL VICTORY,\u2019 KEANE SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So as a practical matter, whether we&#8217;re talking about denying Russia access to the technologies it needs to power its economy and its defense industrial base, cutting off its banks from the international financial system, imposing personal sanctions on key oligarchs, the president has not pulled his punches at all,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Sept. 20, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said that while the U.S. will continue to speak with the Ukrainians about this matter, &#8220;we fully agree with the Ukrainian prime minister\u2026 we need to continue to amp the pressure on Russia economically, and we will do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/biden-close.jpg\" alt=\"Biden is \" not certain \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Biden is &#8220;not certain&#8221; about whether Russia fits the &#8220;state sponsor of terrorism&#8221; designation, according to Jake Sullivan.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> threatened the use of nuclear weapons as Ukraine\u2019s military continues its successful counteroffensive. He also began forcing an annexation referendum vote to take control of regions of Ukraine and initiated the conscription of 300,000 citizens.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if the latter two actions were a sign that Putin is losing the war, Sullivan said it shows Putin is running out of options but still remains dangerous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/biden-and-sullivan.jpg\" alt=\"Jake Sullivan said President Biden has not pulled any punches regarding the sanctions imposed on Russia.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Jake Sullivan said President Biden has not pulled any punches regarding the sanctions imposed on Russia.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a sign that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">struggling very badly in Ukraine,<\/a> that the Russian army is struggling badly, and that he doesn&#8217;t have a lot of options left because he really did not want to have to move to mobilization,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But that doesn&#8217;t mean that the danger is over,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It is very much real and still with us because Vladimir Putin remains\u00a0intent\u2026 on wiping out the Ukrainian people, that he does not believe that Ukraine should have a right to exist.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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