US Lawmakers Seek Probe of Whether China Has Helped Russia Evade Sanctions Since Ukraine Invasion

U.S. Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. on March 10, 2021. Ken Cedeno-Pool/Getty Images

Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure that would require an investigation into whether the Chinese communist regime has assisted Russia in evading Western sanctions levied in response to the Ukraine invasion.

“Silence and deference from the People’s Republic of China [PRC] toward the Russian Federation cannot be ignored,” said Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), one of the co-sponsors of the proposal, according to a March 7 statement.