Russia
has mocked the outgoing President Barack Obama's administration over
its expulsion of Russian diplomats in a renewed feud between both power
blocs.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
President Barack Obama
Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev said “RIP’’ to the outgoing
U.S. administration of Barack Obama said on Friday, after the White
House decided to expel 35 Russian diplomats.
“It is regrettable that the Obama administration, which started
out by restoring our ties, is ending its term in an anti-Russia agony" Medvedev said.
Obama announced on Thursday that he had passed executive actions to
impose sanctions on Russia’s cyber intelligence community, including
several companies, and expel 35 Russian diplomats.
The measures were in response to hacking of Democratic Party emails
that exposed favouritism toward Hillary Clinton over rival Bernie
Sanders.
The exposé, which the U.S. leadership believes was perpetrated with
support from the Russian government, was a boon to Republican candidate
Donald Trump, who went on to win the election.
The vice speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, Irina
Yarovaya, said Friday that the U.S. sanctions against Russia were
Obama’s “revenge on voters’’ who elected Trump.
Americans showed in the recent presidential election that they have
“discarded such aggressive and Russophobic policies,’’ Yarovaya said.
Trump, who has previously praised Russian President Vladimir Putin
and vowed to seek better relations with the country, could theoretically
reverse Obama’s executive actions when he enters office on January 20.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced Obama’s actions as “groundless and illegal from the point of view of international law,’’ according to report.
Peskov said that Russia was ready to conduct a response to cause “significant discomfort to the U.S.’’
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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