The U.S. is ready to impose new sanctions against Russia due to the escalation of the situation in Ukraine. The U.S. is concerned about Russia's threatening rhetoric and reports of an increase in the number of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border. In response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called U.S. sanctions against Russia a "dead way".
This was reported by RIA Novosti.
Lavrov commented on the statement of U.S. Deputy Secretary of state Victoria Nuland about new sanctions, smiling, "If the new sanctions from hell' come, we will respond." "We can't fail to respond," Lavrov said.
He continued, "This is a deadlock and eventually, it will turn against the initiators. The West has lost the ability to negotiate, the Russophobic wave in NATO and the EU does not allow them to practically deal with the specific things, move away from confrontation and do what the OSCE was created for.”