Russia says new Western sanctions ‘absolutely unacceptable’

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MOSCOW, March 3, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The Kremlin said Wednesday Western
sanctions on Russia were “absolutely unacceptable” and dismissed as
“outrageous” claims that the country’s security agency was behind the
poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

“We believe such measures are absolutely unacceptable because they
significantly damage already bad relations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
told journalists after the United States and the European Union slapped fresh
sanctions on Moscow.

He added that it was “outrageous” to claim that a “poisoning took place and
the Federal Security Service (FSB) was behind” it.