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Russia warns it could toughen counter sanctions
June 18, 2015, 3:09 pm

Vladimir Putin met with the heads of Russian industrial companies in Saint Petersburg on 18 June 2015 [PPIO]

Vladimir Putin met with the heads of Russian industrial companies in Saint Petersburg on 18 June 2015 [PPIO]

Russia might extend and tighten import restrictions against Western countries if they would renew their sanctions on Moscow, Russian officials said Thursday.

“We are looking at a wide range of actions. I don’t want now to name the measures that could be taken. Much will depend on what decision the EU takes,” Russian presidential aide Andrei Belousov told reporters at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Belousov did not further explain what steps Moscow would take, only warning that “no option could be ruled out.”

The West has introduced several rounds of sanctions against Moscow in response to Russia’s takeover of Crimea and its alleged role in the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Meanwhile, BRICS business leaders discuss intra-bloc trade and investment during a special session at the SPIEF on Thursday.

 

Source: Agencies