Putin’s response to the new round of US sanctions against Russia： counterproductive and meaningless.

　　Overseas Network August 22nd On the 21st, the US Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions on various entities and individuals related to Russia on the grounds of evading or violating the US sanctions ban. According to Agence France-Presse reported on the 22nd, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded that the US sanctions were "counterproductive and meaningless".

　　The day before (21st), the US Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions on a number of entities and individuals related to Russia on the grounds of evading or violating the US sanctions ban. The US Treasury Department said in a statement that the targets of sanctions include two Russian-related entities and two individuals. The U.S. Treasury Department accused them of circumventing the U.S. sanctions ban and providing assistance to a Russian entity that has been sanctioned by the United States in accordance with the U.S. laws and regulations on malicious network behavior.

　　On the same day, two other entities and six ships involved in Russia were sanctioned by the United States for allegedly carrying out ship-to-ship transfer of refined oil products with ships flying the North Korean flag. The U.S. Treasury Department said in another statement that the move is to continue to implement the existing sanctions ban imposed by the United Nations and the United States on the DPRK. According to relevant regulations, the assets of the sanctioned object in the United States will be frozen, and American citizens are not allowed to trade with them.

　　US President Trump signed a sanctions bill against Russia, Iran and North Korea on August 2 last year. According to the bill, the United States imposed additional sanctions on Russian-related individuals and entities on the grounds that Russia was suspected of interfering in the US presidential election in 2016 and the Ukrainian issue. Since the beginning of this year, the US Treasury has repeatedly imposed sanctions on Russia.

　　The State Council also announced two weeks ago that the United States would impose sanctions on Russia for the so-called "poisoning of former Russian intelligence agent Krippahl and his daughter in Britain", and the relevant sanctions will take effect around today (22nd).

　　For the unreasonable sanctions imposed by the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry has previously announced that it will counter the United States on an equal footing — — "Russia will respond in what way when it is sanctioned."

　　Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also warned that Russia may regard the new US sanctions as an "economic war" declared by the United States to Russia, and Russia will take various measures to respond. (Overseas network Yao Kaihong)