INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia is bracing for a new raft of US sanctions
time soon, as Moscow braced for a new raft of US sanctions.Speaking after Democrats took control of the lower house of Congress in a rebuke
to US President Donald Trump during midterm elections, Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov painted a pessimistic picture of
mean that we are not aiming for dialogue, that we don't want dialogue, because we are facing a lot of problems," he said, referring to arms
control as one of outstanding issues."These problems will not disappear without talks."Peskov sought to downplay concerns that the midterm
result would further complicate Washington's ties with Moscow, saying that bilateral relations were already tricky and stressing that Moscow
had not interfered in the US vote.On Tuesday, the United States also said it was preparing fresh sanctions against Moscow over the attempted
assassination in Britain of a former spy, after a previous round sowed chaos on Russian markets.Three months after the United States
declared that Russia violated a US law that seeks the elimination of chemical and biological weapons, the State Department told Congress in
a legally-mandated follow-up that Moscow had not come into compliance.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
