Russia considering retaliatory measures against US

by Rebecca Savransky - 06/21/17 8:28 AM ET

Russia is reportedly thinking about taking retaliatory measures against the United States.

“It goes without saying that the main principle of reacting to sanctions is reciprocity,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a conference call with reporters, according to Reuters.

“At our experts’ level, naturally, different variants (of Russian) sanctions are now being formulated and proposed.”

{mosads}The Senate last week overwhelmingly passed legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia and giving Congress the ability to block President Trump from lifting current sanctions.

Those sanctions include censure for any individuals tied to “malicious cyber activity” or to Russia’s intelligence and defense sectors and entities supplying weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.

The legislation marks the Senate’s most significant check on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, which has flirted with lifting sanctions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin last weekend said it is premature to talk about “retaliatory actions” on new U.S. sanctions toward Moscow.

“We need to see how it is all going to be. That is why it is premature to speak publicly about our retaliatory actions,” Putin said, according to Reuters.

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