By Sam Jones and Samantha Lock (earlier)
Sanctions expected to be announced later on Wednesday would go further than US and UK sanctions
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Russia’s ambassador to the United States has hit back at the imposition of sanctions imposed by US president Joe Biden, suggesting the move would hurt global financial and energy markets as well as ordinary citizens.
According to a recent post on the Russian embassy Facebook page early Wednesday, ambassador Anatoly Antonov said:
Sanctions will not solve anything regarding Russia. It’s hard to imagine that anyone in Washington is counting on Russia to review its foreign policy course under threat of restrictions.
I don’t remember a single day when our country lived without any restrictions from the Western world. We learned how to work in such conditions. And not only survive, but also develop our state.
Source: Ukraine crisis live: Russian defence minister and military chiefs among those to face EU sanctions
Category: Ukraine, Russia, World news, US news, UK news, Europe
