The Kremlin said on Wednesday it continued to monitor statements by US president Donald Trump regarding sanctions against Moscow, but that Russia had acquired immunity to such measures thanks to long experience. Trump said on Tuesday the US would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia in 10 days if Moscow showed no progress towards ending its more than three-year-long war in Ukraine. “We have been living under a huge number of sanctions for quite a long time, our economy operates under a huge number of restrictions,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “While Geneva hosts war criminals Matvienko, Tolstoi and Slutsky, Russian troops continue to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. Given the delay in verifying deaths, the UN says the true number is likely to be much higher.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2025 06:14 UTC