He stated this at a hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress.
"We continue to explore other possibilities for sanctions in the future," TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Vladimir Gutenev commented in an interview with RT on the statement of US State Department spokesman Ned Price that President Joe Biden considers Nord Stream 2 a bad deal.