“We do not intend to enter into a sanctions war or sanctions hysteria,” Birichevsky said on the air of the RT television channel.
He added that, nevertheless, Russia will take retaliatory measures, which have already been introduced in some areas.
According to Birichesvsky, Moscow understands that such restrictions are a “double-edged sword” that can hit those who introduce them.
“As for the impact on the Russian economy, these steps were quite predictable.
We had the experience and time to prepare for them,” he concluded.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry blacklisted 398 US Congressmen in response to another wave of anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden administration on 328 State Duma deputies.