Russia says expects "illegitimate" U.S. sanctions to stay in place

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08-12-2014 | 04:04
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Russia says expects "illegitimate" U.S. sanctions to stay in place
U.S. sanctions are illegitimate but Russia expects them to stay in place for a long time, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday, describing Moscow's ties with Washington as being in their "deepest chill".       

"There will be no easy or fast way out of this," Ryabkov told the Russian parliament, adding that he believed Washington would refuse to recognize Crimea as part of Russia "for decades to come".

The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister also accused the United States of trying to bring down President Vladimir Putin by imposing sanctions on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, TASS news agency reported.        

"It is hardly a secret that the goal of the sanctions is to create social and economic conditions to carry out a change of power in Russia," TASS quoted Sergei Ryabkov told a hearing in the lower house of parliament.        

He said it would take years to overcome the impact of the crisis in Ukraine, during which the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on the finance, defense and energy sectors in Russia as well as on some individuals.         

Ryabkov also accused Washington of trying to drive a wedge between Russia and the other former Soviet republics and said these efforts were being made particularly aggressively in Ukraine this year.        


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