US, EU sanctions on Russia threaten regressing relations to '80s levels’ – Medvedev
New sanctions against Russia could return relations with Russia and the countries that implement them back to the 1980s, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, according to RIA Novosti.
Washington’s sanctions against Russia do not add any optimism for the economy or for the people, Medvedev added.
“Any sanction is evil. They don’t add any optimism for the economy or for the people and never bring any obvious success," Medvedev said during a government meeting.
“We will simply return to the ‘80s in relations with states that are introducing these sanctions," Medvedev said during a government meeting.
On Wednesday, The US Treasury introduced a so-called Sectoral Sanctions Identification List that affects companies and institutions in defense, energy and banking sectors of the Russian economy over its the Ukrainian crisis.