The lower house of Parliament adopted in first reading a draft law regarding the response of Russia to punish the US and other countries that supported anti-Russian punishment.

in the state Duma underlined the feasibility of countermeasures in the interest of the country and its Inhabitants, but made the proposal to significantly amend the wording of the bill a second reading.

It is scheduled for may 17. The initiators of the bill were made by the speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the head of all factions. The idea is supported by the overwhelming majority of deputies.

The document allows for the possibility of imposing counter-sanctions in response to Russia regarding hostile actions of the United States and other countries.

as originally drafted the government had the right to 16 responses. Among them
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