Russia bristles as fresh US sanctions loom

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Russia bristles as fresh US sanctions loom

By Matthew Chance, CNN

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/02/17/europe/russia-sanctions-kremlin-intl/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

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Moscow (CNN)Two years ago, Russian legislators celebrated with champagne on the floor of parliament, after Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential elections. Now, they're likely feeling the hangover, as early hopes for a better relationship between Moscow and Washington grow dim.

"Reckless" and "insane" were the Kremlin's words of choice for a current push among US lawmakers to pass new Russia sanctions. In a strongly worded rebuke, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday described the threat of new sanctions as "racketeering" and warned of "harmful consequences" if they are ever passed.

"We consider this unacceptable and believe that such actions could go against the universally recognized rules of international trade," Peskov said.

The outburst came after a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill to impose stringent sanctions on Russia over its meddling in US elections and aggression against Ukraine.



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[calimary]

1. Do it, Senators!

[gratuitous]

2. Well that didn't last very long

And here I've been drilled in Russian literature that Russians always take a very long view of things. Yet here they are, less than three years into things, and they're running headlong into a stone wall. Didn't they know about that whole biennial elections thing in the U.S.? Amateurish.

[bobGandolf]

3. boo hoo, poor babies NT

[Achilleaze]

4. "We're sticking with our Evil Empire* buddies." - KGOP republicans**

* per ronald frigging reagan
** led by the deceitful & ignoble Comrade Dirty Donny, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief