Moscow on US sanctions: “Ready for worst scenarios”

MOSCOW. “The hostility and unpredictability of the actions of the American side as a whole oblige us to be ready for the worst scenarios”: Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov said, answering a question about possible new US sanctions against Moscow . This was reported by the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti. The incarceration of Russian opponent Alexiei Navalny is one of the elements that have recently increased tensions between Moscow and Washington.