The Kremlin called new US sanctions a kick on bilateral relations

“This is another hostile step towards Russia.

We can only regret that the next outgoing US administration prefers to kick off the already in very bad shape bilateral Russian-American relations.

Each such kick removes us from the moment of normalization and makes it extremely difficult for us to get out of this tailspin, which is detrimental to our bilateral relations, ”Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, told reporters.

He added that Russia will defend its interests properly.

Earlier, the US Department of Commerce published a list of more than 100 Russian and Chinese companies that will be subject to export restrictions.

As noted by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, the United States has demonstrated the abuse of the concept of "national security", and the fight against COVID-19 "is not a priority of the American authorities."