Peskov called unacceptable US sanctions against UK employees

“As for such decisions regarding representatives of the Russian security forces, of course, we consider this absolutely unacceptable,” Peskov said.

He noted that these US actions are a continuation of the "destructive line in bilateral relations."

According to him, "an adequate reaction to such decisions will follow."

The State Department said earlier that the United States is imposing sanctions on two senior officers of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Surgut.

According to the American side, the Russians violated the rights of at least seven detained representatives of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect * by using force against them.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow will expand restrictive entry lists for US citizens after the State Department imposed sanctions against two employees of the Investigative Committee, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

* The management center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia (Jehovah’s Witnesses) is a religious organization recognized as extremist and banned in Russia (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 04/20/2017, appeal ruling of the Appeal Panel of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 07/17/2017).