Russian Embassy in Washington. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 25US sanctions against Russia will not achieve their goal of undermining the country's economy, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said on the diplomatic mission's Telegram channel. «Serial sanctions strikes will not achieve their goals. Put the people of Russia kneeling before the untruth will not work. No one can force us to sacrifice the good of the Motherland in order to please the will of the United States and its allies,» Antonov said. The text of his statement was distributed by the diplomatic mission on its Telegram channel. Antonov called on the American ruling circles to solve the problems of their own state, and not to assert themselves at the expense of the Russian Federation. «It is obvious that the next» package «of anti-Russian sanctions is aimed at destroying the economy and undermining the internal political situation in our country. Trampling on their own slogans about freedom of speech and democracy, the American authorities they want to shut the mouth of all those who disagree,” Antonov said about the US attempt to punish State Duma deputies “for expressing their own position that does not correspond to Washington’s guidelines.” «Legislators defend Russia's national interests. There can be no other way,» Antonov emphasized. Russia
