Kremlin: US Has Declared “Economic War” On Russia

Reuters reports:

The Kremlin accused the United States on Wednesday of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing mayhem through energy markets and put the United States on notice that it was thinking carefully how to respond to a ban on Russian oil and energy.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov cast the West’s sanctions as “hostile bacchanalia” which had roiled global markets and pointedly warned that it was unclear how far turbulence on global energy markets would go.

“You see the bacchanalia, the hostile bacchanalia, which the West has sown – and that of course makes the situation very difficult and forces us to think seriously,” Peskov said.

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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov: “The United States has undoubtedly declared an economic war on Russia and they are waging this war.” pic.twitter.com/BEuQwhkxem

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