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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:26 AM Jun 2017

Putin: more U.S. sanctions would be harmful, talk of retaliation premature

Source: Reuters

Sat Jun 17, 2017 | 7:14am EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said new sanctions under consideration by the United States would damage relations between the two countries, but it was too early to talk about retaliation, state news agency RIA reported on Saturday.

The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously earlier this week for legislation to impose new sanctions on Moscow and force President Donald Trump to get Congress' approval before easing any existing sanctions.

"This will, indeed, complicate Russia-American relations. I think this is harmful," Putin said, according to RIA.

In an interview with Rossiya1 state TV channel, excerpts of which were shown during the day on Saturday, Putin said he needed to see how the situation with sanctions evolved. "That is why it is premature to speak publicly about our retaliatory actions," RIA quoted him as saying.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-sanctions-idUSKBN1980CF

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Putin: more U.S. sanctions would be harmful, talk of retaliation premature (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

Oooooh....Putin doesn't like being spanked when he's a naughty boy. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #1

Saddling us with the orange menace who gives a shit what they do? gordianot Jun 2017 #2

The cost of meddling in our elections is very high, UpInArms Jun 2017 #3

Things could be worse. If there were a more deranged dictator delisen Jun 2017 #4

Dear Leader wants to reward him, the Senate vote Historic NY Jun 2017 #5

Yep. Republicans knew. dalton99a Jun 2017 #7

Sanctions are supposed to punish, Vladdie! meow2u3 Jun 2017 #6

Just curious... WinstonSmith4740 Jun 2017 #8

Was it premature to jack our election? pecosbob Jun 2017 #9

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

1. Oooooh....Putin doesn't like being spanked when he's a naughty boy.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:32 AM

Jun 2017

His b___ch is supposed to prevent such things!

gordianot

(15,238 posts)

2. Saddling us with the orange menace who gives a shit what they do?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:37 AM

Jun 2017

Short of thermal nuclear war. The United States is the aggrieved Party, not Russia.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)

3. The cost of meddling in our elections is very high,

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:53 AM

Jun 2017

Orange Menace Buddy

delisen

(6,043 posts)

4. Things could be worse. If there were a more deranged dictator

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 09:21 AM

Jun 2017

in Russia right now we would be in an even worse position.

The Republican Party, through a combination of carelessness, greed, calculation, willful withholding of facts, and promotion of lies, allowed Trump to attain a position of power and become a danger to our country.

Right now with Trump in office we are on the edge of disaster. A sudden change in leadership in Russia to a more disorganized or impetuous strongman type , or the occurrence of a great natural disaster while Trum is in office could plunge us into disaster.

It is the Republican Party under the leadership of Reince Priebus that placed us in this position.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)

5. Dear Leader wants to reward him, the Senate vote

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 10:26 AM

Jun 2017

shows the evidence of Putin's involvement.

dalton99a

(81,488 posts)

7. Yep. Republicans knew.

Reply to Historic NY (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 12:13 PM

Jun 2017

They wouldn't have voted for it without evidence

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

6. Sanctions are supposed to punish, Vladdie!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 11:08 AM

Jun 2017

Don't be surprised if more sanctions are coming Russia's way.

What is Vlad demanding? Rewards for interfering with our elections?

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)

8. Just curious...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 01:27 PM

Jun 2017

WTF retaliation is he going to do? Refuse to sell us vodka? Russia is basically the most advanced of the 3rd world countries. It's infrastructure is a mess, they can't build shit, the oligarchs own everything, and a big part of their population are alcoholics. The Obama era sanctions were hurting them, and badly. Fuck him.

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)

9. Was it premature to jack our election?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 04:17 PM

Jun 2017

F*ck off Vlad. How 'bout we boycott the World Cup? Once the Orange Gang is out of Pennsylvania Ave. and safely behind bars, we should embargo all Russian energy products period.

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