Russia will not raise the question of easing of sanctions, Peskov said
WASHINGTON, March 12 — RIA Novosti, Dmitry Zlatarev. Russia will not raise the question of easing of sanctions against it, it is the prerogative of the United States, which they entered, said on Sunday CNN, the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
The presenter asked him whether Moscow expects the easing of sanctions from the new U.S. administration.
“This issue has never been discussed,” Peskov said, adding that sanctions imposed by the US and the question of repeal should be discussed when it will be ready Washington.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Crimea and Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the USA from the point of sanctions against certain individuals and companies have moved to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy.
In response, Russia restricted imports of food products from countries that have imposed sanctions against her: USA, EU States, Canada, Australia and Norway.