Lavrov called the dead-end US policy towards Russia

“This line (sanctions. -

) is causing more and more criticism in the United States, even such a generally pro-Washington structure as the Atlantic Council is already publishing materials that criticize the absolutely dead-end US line with respect to Russia, and maybe even stupid, which does not bring any result from the point of view of the goals that were announced when the sanctions were imposed, ”Lavrov said.

He noted that all these actions convince Russia of only one thing - to rely on itself.

"Neither the United States nor its European allies are unreliable partners," Lavrov stressed.

Earlier, Vladimir Gutenev, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy and Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship, commented in an interview with RT on media reports that the US Department of Justice had prepared two packages of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.