The U.S. State Department said earlier this month that the country will impose new sanctions on Russia in two phases, and the first batch will take effect around Aug. 22.
However, Billingslea said in the hearing that considering the size of the Russian economy and its deep integration into the global economy and financial system, U.S. "sanctions are not and cannot be the only tool on which we rely."
He listed the engagement with foreign governments and private sector at home and abroad, and cooperation with international organizations and domestic and foreign media.
A. Wess Mitchell, assistant secretary of state, also told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "Russia has evolved beyond being simply an external or military one; it includes influence operations orchestrated by the Kremlin in the very heart of the Western world."
He added that U.S. Russia policy is based on the recognition that "to be effective, U.S. diplomacy must be backed by military power that is second to none and fully integrated with our allies and all of our instruments of power."
Mitchell noted that "even as we have imposed uNPRecedented penalties for Russian aggression, we have been clear that the door to dialogue is open" if Russia makes changes as Washington wants.
Russia and the United States have been waging sanctions against each other as bilateral relations continue to worsen over recent years.
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