Russia will take measures to respond to the United States’ sanctions against the Chechen special unit Terek of Russia’s National Guard (Rosgvardiya), the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday.
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"Naturally, we will not leave these sanctions against Russian citizens unanswered. The US authorities must know that their confrontational conduct will bring no good," the ministry stressed.
The ministry noted that these sanctions mean that Washington is seeking to reduce to nil the positive dynamics that emerged after US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s talks in Russia. "Two days after the US secretary of state’s visit to Russia, Washington has taken yet another hostile step. It looks like it is seeking to reduce to nil the positive atmosphere of the talks and demonstrate to itself its own anti-Russian drive," the ministry said.