{"id":18227,"date":"2016-12-30T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T10:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=18227"},"modified":"2016-12-30T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T10:12:55","slug":"putin-spokesman-says-russia-weighs-retaliation-after-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/putin-spokesman-says-russia-weighs-retaliation-after-sanctions.html","title":{"rendered":"Putin spokesman says Russia weighs retaliation after sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Putin spokesman says Russia weighs retaliation after sanctions<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Putin spokesman says Russia weighs retaliation after sanctions:-<\/strong> The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Moscow will consider retaliatory measures following the new round of U.S. sanctions put in place by President Obama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Russia also continued to deny accusations by the U.S. that it hacked and stole emails in order to aide in Trump\u2019s win. Trump commented on the matter saying the U.S. should move on. Trump is planning on meeting with U.S. intelligence leaders next week to learn more.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"> Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that the measures signal Obama\u2019s \u201cunpredictable\u201d and \u201caggressive foreign policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The spokesman added that Putin would order \u201cappropriate\u201d retaliation for the sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">&#8220;We think that such steps by a U.S. administration that has three weeks left to work are aimed at two things: to further harm Russian-American ties, which are at a low point as it is, as well as, obviously, to deal a blow to the foreign policy plans of the incoming administration of the president-elect,&#8221; Peskov said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took to Twitter to call out the new round of U.S. sanctions against his country, saying the Obama administration is \u201cending its term in an anti-Russia agony.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The Obama administration announced sanctions against Russia\u2019s intelligence services, while ejecting dozens of intelligence operatives from the U.S., as part of a response to what it says are efforts by Moscow to influence the 2016 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000;\">Source;-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2016\/12\/29\/putin-spokesman-says-russia-weighs-retaliation-after-sanctions.html<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/putin-spokesman-says-russia-weighs-retaliation-after-sanctions.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin spokesman says Russia weighs retaliation after sanctions Putin spokesman says Russia weighs retaliation after sanctions:- The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Moscow will consider retaliatory measures following the new round of U.S. sanctions put in place by President Obama. 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