Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response

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Russia fumes over US sanctions, says it will wait for Trump response
Moscow lawmakers say retaliatory measures possible, accuse Obama of ‘unpredictable, aggressive’ foreign policy meant to hinder plans of incoming administration
The spokesman for President Vladimir Putin said Moscow regretted the new sanctions that the Obama administration imposed on Russia on Thursday amid allegations it interfered in the US presidential election, and was considering retaliatory steps.

Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that the measures signal Obama’s “unpredictable” and “aggressive foreign policy.”

Peskov said “such steps of the US administration that has three weeks left to work are aimed at two things: to further harm Russian-American ties, which are at a low point as it is, as well as, obviously, deal a blow on the foreign policy plans of the incoming administration of the president-elect.”

Peskov said Putin has yet to study what the new sanctions involve and work out what retaliatory steps could be.

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