Kremlin claims response to US and EU sanctions will be strong and painful

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The Kremlin through Its Foreign Affairs Ministry said the sanctions were “attempts to change Russia’s course.” And they would not work.

“There should be no doubt that sanctions will receive a strong response,” the FA ministry said. In response to sanctions, Russia would target “sensitive” US assets in retaliation.

“Russia has proved that, despite all the sanctions costs, it can minimize the damage,” an official Kremlin statement claims. “And even more so, sanctions pressure is not able to affect our determination to firmly defend our interests.” 

On Thursday with the Russian invasion into Ukraine additional sanctions were announced by President Biden.

And the Kremlin said that it was still open to diplomacy with the US. But any sanctions would be met with a fierce response. 

It added: “There should be no doubt that sanctions will receive a strong response, not necessarily symmetrical, but finely tuned and painful to the American side.”

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