The Kremlin began to prepare for new US sanctions, the authorities are working out scenarios for protection in case of further restrictions. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports.
Ideas to impose American sanctions against Russian businessmen are considered insane in the Kremlin and they hope that they will not be implemented. “No one has yet imposed sanctions against Russian businessmen, and of course we hope that, let’s say, such insane urges will remain only on the pages of the media and will not find, let’s say, life-giving soil in the American official establishment,” Peskov said and urged wait for the development of events.
Earlier in March, it became known that the US and UK authorities were preparing new sanctions against Russia. According to Bloomberg, the new measures may include the inclusion of Russian businessmen on the sanctions list, which have not yet appeared on it.
It is also possible that the restrictions will jeopardize the Russian national debt. Already in June, Washington may impose a ban on lending to government agencies of the violating country by American banks, that is, completely ban the work with the Russian state debt.