WASHINGTON: The Kremlin’s decision to expel American diplomats was a “long overdue” retaliation to tough new sanctions passed by Washington, a top Russian official said Sunday, vowing more payback may follow if the US does not change its approach.
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” show, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called a sanctions package aimed at penalising Russia for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election “a completely weird and unacceptable piece of legislation” that was “the last drop.” US sanctions were also imposed in Dec of last year.
“If the US side decides to move further towards further deterioration we …read more
Source: theSun
