SpaceDaily.com reports: “US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned his
Russian counterpart Thursday of more sanctions if Moscow ‘continues to
escalate’ the crisis in Ukraine.
Lew also expressed to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov concerns about reports that Moscow was discussing an oil-for-goods trade deal with Iran, the Treasury said in a statement.
On the sidelines of IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington, Lew told Siluanov ‘Russia's ongoing occupation and purported annexation of Crimea is illegal and illegitimate.’
Lew told him that ‘in addition to the sanctions already imposed in response to Russia's occupation and purported annexation of Crimea, the United States is prepared to impose additional significant sanctions on Russia if it continues to escalate the situation in Ukraine.’…”
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Lew also expressed to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov concerns about reports that Moscow was discussing an oil-for-goods trade deal with Iran, the Treasury said in a statement.
On the sidelines of IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington, Lew told Siluanov ‘Russia's ongoing occupation and purported annexation of Crimea is illegal and illegitimate.’
Lew told him that ‘in addition to the sanctions already imposed in response to Russia's occupation and purported annexation of Crimea, the United States is prepared to impose additional significant sanctions on Russia if it continues to escalate the situation in Ukraine.’…”
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