Russia has cancelled a planned meeting between its deputy foreign minister, Sergey Rybakov, and U.S. Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon in response to a new round of sanctions imposed by the U.S. The sanctions, which pertain to more than three dozen individuals and organizations involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, were announced Tuesday as President Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to the White House.The now-cancelled meeting was scheduled to take place on Friday in St. Petersburg following a May meeting in New York City. Rybakov and Shannon were expected to lead a working group in an effort …read more
Source: The Atlantic
