The Russian government is “carefully” monitoring threats of sanctions that were recently suggested by U.S. President Donald Trump, a Kremlin spokesman said on Thursday.
Days after he was inaugurated earlier this week, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Russian President Vladimir Putin should move to end the nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine or face economic penalties.
Without a deal to end the conflict, Trump wrote on Wednesday, “I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries.”
The president did not elaborate on what countries the United States may penalize….