MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. “Hot heads” in the USA want to implement in Russia the scenario of Libya and Ukraine, to create an atmosphere of chaos. This was stated on Monday by Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, speaking at a meeting of the interim Commission of the Federation Council for the protection of state sovereignty and prevent interference in the internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
“Obvious to complicate the activities of Russian economic agents can be traced in direct sanctions policy of the US administration, he said. This policy has already led to what is under us sanctions, and that the risks for assets, unavailability of cheap credit, the lack of opportunities to develop cooperation in a number of high-tech fields is 422 legal entity from Russia.”
The U.S. Treasury has previously published “the Kremlin list”, which got 210 people. It is the Russian businessmen and officials, which the US government considers the closest to the Russian President. Being on the list does not mean imposing any sanctions against the defendants, however, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the US administration intends to “use this report and the available intelligence in order to move forward with additional sanctions.”
