Adoption of US Anti-Russia Sanctions Bill to Be ‘Extra Cyniсal Move’ – Putin…”We, as you know, are behaving with restraint, very patiently, but at some point we will have to respond, it is impossible to tolerate arrogance toward our country forever.”
SputnikNews.com
27.07.2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if adopted, the US anti-Russia sanctions bill would be an “extra-cynical move.”
Putin said that Russia is behaving patiently amid sanctions, but time will come when Moscow will be forced to respond to arrogance.
“We, as you know, are behaving with restraint, very patiently, but at some point we will have to respond, it is impossible to tolerate arrogance toward our country forever.”
He emphasized that sanctions are completely illegal from the point of view of international law and violate World Trade Organization (WTO) norms.
Moscow will never agree to trans-border nature of the US legislation which breaks international law, Putin added.
“We have not seen the final version [of the US anti-Russia sanctions bill] yet, so we do not have a final opinion on this matter either. But we see that for a long time we have constantly been provoked. A lot of diplomats have been sent out without explanation of reasons, then they seized our diplomatic property, which goes beyond all possible boundaries because it contradicts the fundamental norms of international law, diplomatic relations,” Putin said, referring to the sanctions imposed in December 2016 by then President Barack Obama as a response to alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
Back in December, Putin decided not to respond to sanctions imposed by the outgoing US administration and act in accordance with the ties built with the new US leadership. However, since then, the diplomatic property hasn’t been returned. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Moscow would take retaliatory measures against Washington if the situation with Russia’s diplomatic property in the United States was not resolved.
The Russian leader pointed out that Russia regrerts that Moscow-Washinghton ties are being sacrificed to solve US domestic issues.
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