RT-Engels: 24-08-2024,
Washington has launched so many curbs that the Kremlin simply does not care about new ones, Russia’s ambassador has said
Washington’s latest round of sanctions against Moscow is aimed at underscoring the “anti-Russian essence” of the administration amid the ongoing presidential campaign of VP Kamala Harris, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said.
On Friday, the State and Treasury departments announced additional restrictions against 400 individuals and companies in Russia, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Washington has accused them of supporting Moscow’s military-industrial supply chains during its conflict with Ukraine.
“The administration [of US President Joe Biden] is in agony. The fruitless Russophobic ‘salvos’ are multiplying,” Antonov wrote in a Telegram post on Saturday.
By introducing the fresh sanctions, Washington is trying to underline its “anti-Russian essence against the backdrop of the boiling election campaign,” he stressed.
“The negative aspects of US actions are obvious to everyone. The administration’s reckless steps lead to a crisis, but not to something creative,” the ambassador said. The restrictions “are harming not only domestic consumers, but also America’s partners in third countries,” he added.
“It is obvious that in order to achieve true independence in the economic sphere, it is high time to abandon the hegemony of the dollar in the international monetary and financial system,” Antonov stressed.