"The signing by the US president of a new sanctions law against Russia creates several consequences: firstly, the hope of improving our relations with the new US administration is dead. Secondly, US declared a fully-fledged trade war on Russia. Thirdly, the Trump administration demonstrated complete impotence by humiliatingly transferring executive powers to Congress, which changes the balance of power in US political circles," Medvedev wrote in his Facebook blog.
Trade is War
14:31 GMT 03.08.2017 (Updated: 11:49 GMT 06.08.2022)
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Donald Trump signed into law a new batch of anti-Russian sanctions. Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev responding to such a move said that it seems like the US has declared a full-scale trade war on Russia.