“There is a competition between senators and congressmen about who is ready to hit Russia harder, to propose some kind of sanctions that would seriously damage the economic and political image of our country,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
As Antonov noted, it is still difficult to say what the Democrats and Republicans will come to in this matter, but "the feeling is that sanctions will be developed."
“The only question is when they will be introduced,” he added.
Earlier, Antonov spoke about the possibility of breaking off diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States.