By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Friday that would expand sanctions against Russian energy, specifically by targeting a collection of older oil tankers the lawmakers say are used to dodge existing U.S. energy sanctions.

The “Sanctioning Harbors and Dodgers of Western Sanctions,” or SHADOW Fleets Act comes as President Donald Trump has said he wants to discourage countries from purchasing Russian oil, which fuels Russia’s economy and helps pay for its war on Ukraine.

The bill is sponsored by Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the panel’s top Democrat, as well as seven other Republican and Democrati

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