Moscow does not make predictions regarding the introduction against the Federation of new penalties in the coming year, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..

" We don't make predictions - it's their problem, " he said in an interview to the newspaper " Kommersant ", released on Thursday.

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.

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