MOSCOW: New US sanctions on Russia approved by the Senate will complicate the countries’ relations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV interview on Saturday.
“Of course this will make Russia-US relations more complex,” Putin said in an excerpt from an interview due to air in full at 1700 GMT on Rossiya-1 television.
“I think it is harmful,” the Kremlin strongman said, while adding that “it is premature to talk now about any response.”
Nevertheless he warned that Russia would have to “adjust something” or “do something extra.”
The president insisted that US sanctions would not lead Russia into a “deadlock or a …read more
Source: The News International
