Vladimir Putin and Sauli Niinistö
Moscow is under sanctions behaved and patient, but at some point she will have to respond to such rudeness. This statement was made by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a press conference after talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto. His words on Thursday, July 27, the correspondent “Tapes.ru”.
“It was impossible to tolerate some rudeness in our country”, — Putin said, answering a question of journalists, what will be the response of Russia, in the case of the adoption of the bill on new us sanctions against Russia.
Earlier on Thursday “Kommersant”, citing sources in the Russian foreign Ministry reported on steps that Moscow might take in the case of the signing by President Donald trump a new package of restrictions. Such a measure, according to the publication, will likely be the expulsion of some us diplomats and substantially reduce the number of staff of the US diplomatic mission.
It was also noted that the possibility of asymmetric response and. For example, Russia may refuse to cooperate with the United States is critical to Washington’s issues, such as strengthening measures of pressure on North Korea.
At the same time, the Kremlin decided that it was premature to talk about possible reaction of Moscow on the new US sanctions. It is necessary to wait for the signing of the bill, said press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
July 25, the house of representatives of U.S. Congress passed a bill providing for the introduction of new restrictions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. Now the document must be approved by the Senate, and then President.