Pushkov: United States about Russia there are stricter than in the cold war "
The policy of the US capital relative to the capital of Russia At the present time is tougher than in the years of the " cold war ", said the head of Department for international Affairs of the state Duma, Alexei Pushkov. " The severity of the lines of the US against the Russian capital today is HIGHER than in the years of the cold war. They are vitally important to show that the world is still under their control, " Pushkov wrote in his own Twitter. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU imposed against Russia fresh penalties against financial, oil and defense industries. Also expanded the list of individuals who are under punishment. The U.S. Also imposed fresh sanctions against the largest Russian organizations, as well as among them - Gazprom, LUKOIL, Sberbank, VTB, a state Corporation with assistance and other. As said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that Russia's response to the fresh punishment will be commensurate. Russia has already prepared a response to the new package of sanctions imposed by the US and the EU.