“The economy is showing a certain resilience in some way, but this is due to extraordinary steps,” RIA Novosti quoted Kirby as saying at a briefing.
He added that Washington does not exclude the possibility of introducing new anti-Russian sanctions.
Earlier, the US Department of Commerce blacklisted 66 Russian companies for supporting the Russian military-industrial complex.
Political scientist, chairman of the coordinating committee for economic cooperation with African countries AFROCOM Igor Morozov commented in an interview with RT on the new US sanctions imposed against Russia.