Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry PeskovWASHINGTON, Jan 16The new sanctions proposed in the United States against Russia, including members of the country's leadership, could lead to a complete severance of relations with the United States, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with CNN. «Potentially, sanctions of this kind could lead to the termination of relations between our countries, which will not meet the interests of either Moscow or Washington,» he said. The Kremlin spokesman stressed that such a step on the part of the United States would be a «big mistake.» Peskov turned to representatives of official Washington with a question: can they «remember at least some example of a situation where sanctions helped solve their problem?» key sectors of the Russian economy, the public debt and the top officials of the state.From genocide to «hellish sanctions»: the West is true to itselfThe Foreign Ministry has repeatedly refuted reports of «pulling» troops to the border with Ukraine, which the West uses as a pretext for sanctions ultimatums to Moscow. The diplomatic department calls talk about a potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine another fiction. Vladimir Putin also emphasized that Moscow was not going to attack anyone. According to him, the Russian threat is «an invention of those who want to cash in on their role as the vanguard of the fight against Russia, to receive some kind of bonuses and preferences for this.» Kiev weapons and military instructors, and increased the number of exercises in the Black Sea. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities «to military adventures,» which poses a direct threat to Russia's security. Moscow believes that the West is trying to create a grouping of troops near the Russian borders. Vladimir Putin has previously stressed that the further expansion of NATO to the east and the deployment of offensive weapons on Ukrainian territory and in neighboring countries are red lines for Moscow.
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