Moscow: Russia-US ties will be hard to repair
(VOVWORLD) - Russia said it will be very difficult to repair Russia-US relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows because of accusations of election meddling and crises in Syria and Ukraine.
 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (Photo: Reuters/VNA) |
In a statement on Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov accused the US of trying to meddle in Russia's internal affairs ahead of a presidential election next month.
Ryabkov said the Russian Foreign Ministry will not exclude the possibility of a response to the US’s sanctions against Russian citizens. He said Moscow has a list of US citizens who could be restricted from entering Russia.
On Friday, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller said 13 Russians and 3 Russian entities have been charged with interfering in the 2016 US election to help Donald Trump and damage his opponent Hillary Clinton.