US House Speaker calls for sanctions against Russia

“We must impose sanctions against Russia, and we must do it right now,” she said in an interview with MSNBC.

Earlier, US Senator Bob Menendez proposed imposing sanctions against Russia for "conspiracy" with the Taliban.

Previously, the Pentagon said it did not have any facts confirming information published in The New York Times about allegedly Russian ties with the Taliban.

US intelligence also previously acknowledged data attributed to Russia’s attempts to award a reward for Taliban-related militants for the killing of the US military by unreliable.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the publication of The New York Times "an unpretentious stuffing."

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.