MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has angrily criticized the latest U.S. sanctions, saying they could derail cooperation with Washington on dealing with the Iranian nuclear standoff and the Syrian crisis.
Russia-U.S. ties have plunged to post-Cold War lows over Ukraine as Washington has introduced economic sanctions against Moscow for its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and support for a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. In the latest move, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on four Russians under a law targeting Russian human rights violators.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday dismissed the new U.S. sanctions as unfounded and warned Washington that its actions …read more
Source: KXAN
