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| Moscow to work on retaliatory measures in response to new US sanctions – Foreign Ministry | |
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| Moscow will work on retaliatory measures to counter the new round of US sanctions, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. | Moscow will work on retaliatory measures to counter the new round of US sanctions, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. |
| “Russia had repeatedly warned that talking from a position of strength and using ultimatums is useless and futile,” Zakharova said on Thursday, adding that the country will devise “retaliatory measures” against the “recent hostile act of Washington.” | “Russia had repeatedly warned that talking from a position of strength and using ultimatums is useless and futile,” Zakharova said on Thursday, adding that the country will devise “retaliatory measures” against the “recent hostile act of Washington.” |
| Washington is using “the Skripal poisoning story” as an unjustified pretext for imposing new restrictions on Moscow, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated. | Washington is using “the Skripal poisoning story” as an unjustified pretext for imposing new restrictions on Moscow, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated. |
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| Maria Zakharova also told the media that the US demands for sanctions to be lifted are “unacceptable.” | |
| “We are being threatened with a further increase of pressure through sanctions,” she said. “That’s how the US is willingly escalating bilateral relations, which, thanks to their effort, had already been practically reduced to nothing.” | |
| Earlier on Wednesday, the US unveiled new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK in March this year. The new penalties are expected to come into effect around August 22, according to the State Department. | Earlier on Wednesday, the US unveiled new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK in March this year. The new penalties are expected to come into effect around August 22, according to the State Department. |
| Russia will demand that the UK discloses information about chemical agents manufactured in the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down. | |
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