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The introduction of new US sanctions against Russian companies, means that the anti-Russian line of Washington after the entry of Donald trump in the position of President of the United States continues, said the first Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Committee on international Affairs Dmitry Novikov.
Earlier, state Department spokesman told RIA Novosti that the United States has imposed sanctions against eight Russian companies in connection with the American law on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction relating to Syria, Iran and North Korea.
“The West acts in the framework of the anti-Russian line, which he formed, and these actions mean that while the line of trump, which was identified in the pre-election period with respect to the improvement of relations with Russia, while not implemented,” — said Novikov RIA Novosti.