On the air of Dozhd, the diplomat noted that "sanctions, stop-lists, restrictive measures, they always lead to one thing in international relations - retaliatory measures."

“Symmetrical, parallel or similar, it doesn't matter.

But retaliatory measures are the realities of international relations, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zakharova.

According to her, the question is "what do they want to achieve by this, what is the goal-setting."

“Find out the truth, figure it out?

If this is the goal, then what does the sanction have to do with it, ”added a representative of the department.

Earlier, Zakharova said that Russia would ask Germany for a full OPCW report on the results of the biomaterial analyzes taken from Navalny.