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Russia blasts US sanctions as 'economic war'

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the new sanctions against his country crushed hopes for repairing ties and demonstrated President Donald Trump's "total weakness ... in the most humiliating way."

03.08.2017

(AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lashed new US sanctions as a "full-fledged economic war" on Moscow, saying they crushed hopes for repairing ties and demonstrated President Donald Trump's "total weakness ... in the most humiliating way."

Trump reluctantly signed off on the new sanctions Wednesday, bowing to domestic pressure after the White House failed to scupper the bill or water it down.