In a statement posted on the official web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kremlin responds to the signing of the US sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea by US President Donald Trump. The statement says that with intimidation or pressure Russia can not be forced to change the course or abandon national interests .

Russian Prime Minister responded via Facebook to the fact that Trump signed the draft law on sanctions . Dmitry Medvedev writes that, along with the adoption of the bill, the United States declared a trade war on Russia. He claimed that the hope to improve relations with the new administration of the White House administration has died. Trump`s administration has demonstrated its weakness when the executive powers were handed over to the Congress in a humiliating manner.

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president`s press secretary, the fact that Donald Trump signed sanctions does not change anything, because they would sooner or later enter into force. In a comment with the Russian media, he says that Russia does not intend to take counter-sanctions against the United States at this time.