Russia threatens retaliation over US sanctions
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov described the US bill to sanction Russia as 'weird and unacceptable'. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the US's decision to pass a bill to sanction Russia was 'the last straw' [Reuters] A top Russian diplomat on Sunday lambasted the United States Congress for voting to sanction Russia, and warned of retaliation by Moscow. Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov referred to a bill passed by Congress on Thursday to sanction his country as "weird and unacceptable," and said it was "the last straw." "If the US side decides to move further towards...deterioration, we will answer. We will respond in kind. We will...retaliate," he said. Ryabkov's comments came after Moscow ordered the US on Friday to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two US diplomatic properties as a response to the new sanctions ...
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