2017-08-03 16:00

Russia Warns of Worsening U.S. Ties, Criticizes Trump ‚Weakness‘

REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Russia warned of worsening ties with the U.S. after accusing President Donald Trump of caving in to Congress by signing a law that could keep sanctions in place for years.

The legislation is „a declaration of fully-fledged economic war on Russia“ that could last for „decades,“ Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Facebook. The Trump administration „has shown its complete weakness“ by signing the law and „relations between Russia and the U.S. are going to be extremely tense,“ he said.

Russia, which has already retaliated by ordering the U.S. to slash staff at its diplomatic mission by almost two-thirds, could take further „counter-measures,“ according to the Foreign Ministry.

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