Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday joked that he was “offended” the US Treasury had not included his name in a list of officials and business leaders eligible for sanctions. “I am offended, you know,” Putin told his supporters with a smile, quoting a famous line from a popular Soviet-era movie. Also Read- US releases ‘Putin list’ of Russians eligible for sanctionsAlso on the list were the chief executives of big state-owned companies such as energy giant Rosneft and Sberbank. The list was widely expected to infuriate Putin and send shivers through his inner circle and Moscow’s moneyed elite, threatening to cut them off from world finance. “We are not interested in curtailing our ties with the United States,” he told supporters in televised remarks.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 30, 2018 16:41 UTC