Moscow officials promise retaliation after the president Joe Biden
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“All this is just an excuse to continue the manifest interference in our internal affairs,” Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon, according to Reuters. “We do not intend to endure this. We will respond based on the principle of reciprocity, but not necessarily symmetrically.
The Biden administration earlier in the day said it planned to impose sanctions and accused Russia’s intelligence agency of trying to kill Navalny. The outspoken critic of the Kremlin and the Russian president Vladimir Putin
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“Our goal is to have a predictable and stable relationship with Russia. When there are opportunities for it to be constructive and of interest to us, we aim to pursue them. Given Russia’s conduct in recent years, there will undoubtedly be opposing elements as well, and we will not shy away from these, “a senior administration official told The Hill this week.” The United States is not trying to restore our relations with Russia nor do we intend to escalate. “
The new sanctions against Russia are aimed at seven senior officials in the country. The United States is also imposing export controls on several business entities involved in the production of biological agents.
The administration using the authority granted under the Chemical Elimination and Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons Act of 1991 to extend the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the March 2018 poisoning of the ex-officer of Russian military intelligence Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Britain.
Moscow rejected the latest sanctions, suggesting they had no teeth and no merit.
“Regardless of America’s ‘addiction to sanctions’, we will continue to consistently and decisively defend our national interests, rejecting any aggression. We urge our comrades not to play with fire,” the Russian Foreign Minister said. Exteriors, Sergei Lavrov.