Moscow-Sana
Russia has pledged to respond equitably to the recent sanctions by the European Union, stressing that it considers these restrictive measures to be null and void in law.
Russia Today quoted a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, as saying during a press conference today, "These measures adopted by the European Union in circumvention of the United Nations Security Council are considered worthless in terms of international law."
"We consider the actions of the European Union to be a new missed opportunity to abandon the blocked policy of warnings and pressures and to ultimately move to equal rights and mutually beneficial cooperation," Zakharova added, stressing that the Russian side will not keep the new, unfriendly move by the European Union without a equal response.
And the United States, similar to the European Union, announced yesterday the imposition of a package of sanctions that included institutions and high-level Russian officials that Washington considers related to the case of the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.