Russia says U.S. threats come as no surprise

The Kremlin has been accustomed to such threats, especially given the history of sanctions imposed by the U.S. over the years. teleSUR

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00:00Russian Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Pesko assured on Thursday that the threat of U.S.

00:05President Donald Trump to impose new sanctions did not catch his government by surprise.

00:10The diplomat described Trump's first presidential turn back in 2016 as the one resorting the

00:16most to sanctions.

00:18Pesko ensured that Russian authorities have kept post about the statements to mull over

00:25all the nonsense.

00:27In addition, the Spokesperson reaffirmed that Moscow takes the path of dialogue based on

00:33respect and equity, so it awaits signals to reactivate contacts with Washington.

00:39Lately, the White House enacted Kremlin-on-border sanctions if the Russian Federation does not

00:45reach a peace agreement with Ukraine.