“I will not say how the response of the Russian side will look specifically, but, as you have heard from Russian officials at various levels, we always respond to such unfriendly attacks,” she said during the briefing.
No one has canceled the symmetric approach, the diplomat added.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that as a response to US sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project, the Russian side could expand the list of American citizens who are denied entry to Russia.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be completed regardless of sanctions.