“Given that the issue of Crimea for our country has been resolved and we are not going to transfer the Russian region to anyone, we can assume that the sanctions race goes to infinity,” Balbek said.
He emphasized that any self-respecting state “stands firmly in the position of protecting its territory and inadmissibility of anyone’s instructions regarding domestic and foreign policy.”
According to the parliamentarian, two facts have developed in this situation.
“One unpleasant - US sanctions can be endless, the second - our Crimea will be ours,” Balbek concluded.
Earlier, the head of the press service of the US Department of State, Morgan Ortagus, said that the United States intends to continue to impose sanctions against Russia for the Crimea.
In turn, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted on his Twitter footage, where he, along with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadim Pristayko, lays flowers at the monument to those killed in the Donbass. He said that sanctions against Russia would remain in effect “until the actions that led to these tragic deaths ceased.”
January 29, the US Treasury expanded the list of sanctions against Russia.
Crimea became the Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014, in which most residents spoke out for reunification with Russia.