White House Press Secretary Psaki: The United States is now very open to considering sanctions against Russia’s oil and gas sector. Psaki: “We’re considering it. It’s very much on the table, but we need to weigh what all of the impacts will be,”. The United States is now very open to considering sanctions against Russia’s oil and gas sector, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Wednesday. “We’re considering it. It’s very much on the table, but we need to weigh what all of the impacts will be,” Psaki told MSNBC in an interview today. The comments from the White House press secretary come a week after a senior U.S. State Department official said that the U.S. sanctions that were imposed on Russia for recognizing two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, as well the sanctions could be imposed in the near future, were not targeting and would not […]