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Kremlin Slams New US Sanctions, says May Respond


Russia - A general view shows the Spasskaya Tower and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, May 5, 2016.
Russia - A general view shows the Spasskaya Tower and the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, May 5, 2016.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that new sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States would damage relations between the two countries and that Moscow would respond with its own measures.

"We regret that Washington is continuing on this destructive path," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.

"We believe this damages bilateral relations ... Russia will take commensurate measures."

The United States on Tuesday widened sanctions against Russian businessmen and companies adopted after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in Ukraine.

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