Russia will not necessarily give a tit-for-tat response to the new sanctions the US has imposed over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the poisoning of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, addressing students and lecturers at a Moscow State Institute of International Relations event marking the beginning of a new academic year on Monday, TASS reports.
"We will definitely respond to this and an announcement will be made in this connection," Lavrov said. "Our response will not necessarily be a tit-for-tat one. I believe that a tit-for-tat response is not always the best one," the Russian top diplomat added.
"Sanctions have been imposed based on totally false allegations. The words ‘highly likely’ are all the British authorities have been able to bring against Russia," Lavrov pointed out.
On August 27, the US administration imposed new sanctions on Moscow over its alleged involvement in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the British city of Salisbury on March 4. The new restrictions ban the supply of dual-use products to Russia, as well as the export of all sensitive goods and technologies related to the United States’ national security and also oil and gas industry electronics and technologies.
