According to Singh, the US wanted to show Russia that Washington could inflict "even more damage" on Moscow.
“The results so far have turned out to be quite close to what we expected,” the deputy presidential aide said.
According to him, anti-Russian sanctions are "a tool for promoting a strategy to create leverage for the diplomatic process."
Singh clarified that the purpose of the introduction of anti-Russian sanctions is to achieve "more stable and predictable relations."
On April 15, US President Joe Biden signed a decree imposing sanctions against 32 Russian individuals and legal entities and six technology companies.
Also in Washington, it was announced that ten Russian diplomats were being expelled from the United States.
After that, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a list of responses in connection with the "hostile actions of the United States"