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Russian President Vladimir Putin said connected Thursday the latest US sanctions targeting 2 large lipid firms were “serious”, but not beardown capable to importantly impact the economy.
The United States connected Wednesday deed Russia’s 2 biggest lipid producers — Rosneft and Lukoil — with sanctions, the archetypal against Russia since US President Donald returned to office.
“They (sanctions) are superior for us, of course, that is clear. And they volition person definite consequences, but they volition not importantly interaction our economical well-being,” Putin told reporters.
He added that the sanctions were an “unfriendly act” that “does not fortify Russia-US relations, which person lone conscionable begun to recover.”
Trump attempted to foster ties with Russia astatine the commencement of his word but has go progressively frustrated with Putin’s refusal to hold to a ceasefire, complaining that his bid talks with him were not going “anywhere”.
The Republican president held disconnected introducing caller restrictions against Russia for months, but his patience snapped aft plans for a caller acme with Putin successful Budapest collapsed.
Still, adjacent aft caller sanctions and the summit’s postponement, Putin appeared to stay unfastened to dialogue.
“Dialogue is ever amended than confrontation oregon immoderate disputes, and particularly war. We person ever supported the continuation of dialogue,” Putin told journalists.
But if Russia was attacked with US Tomahawk missiles, which Ukraine seeks, the effect would beryllium “very strong, if not overwhelming,” helium added.
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