US Mulls Additional Anti-Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine - State Secretary

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Jahn Kerry said Saturday that the US and its allies are considering additional sanctions against Russia.

LONDON (Sputnik) — The United States and its allies are considering imposing more sanctions against Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis, US State Secretary John Kerry announced Saturday.

A member of the Ukrainian armed forces stands near a cannon, with shell cases seen in the foreground, at positions in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine - Sputnik International
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"We are talking about additional sanctions, about additional efforts [to pressure Russia]," the US diplomat said ahead of his meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London.

On Friday, US State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that the Ukrainian conflict will dominate Kerry's talks with Hammond.

"I'm confident over the next days people will make it clear that we are not going to play this game [of listening to Russia]… and be part of this kind of extraordinarily craven behavior," Kerry said.

Relations between the West and Russia have soured over allegations of Moscow's involvement in the Ukrainian crisis despite Moscow's insistence that it has nothing to do with Kiev's internal affairs.

Over the course of last year and the start of 2015, the United States and its allies have hit Russia with a series of restrictive measures targeting its banking, energy and defense sectors, including a number of high-profile Russian individuals.

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