Ryabkov: US Realises its Sanctions Policy is Exhausted, But Continues Anyway

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• Deputy FM Ryabkov says the US realises its sanctions policy against Russia is exhausted, but inertia prevents Washington from abandoning it.
  • Notes more than 95 sanctions cycles currently in effect against Russia in one form or another
• Lavrov: The Biden-Putin meeting was frank, but we're under no illusions. Attempts to hold dialogue with us from a position of force are doomed to failure, we will respond harshly and resolutely to unfriendly steps.
  • There is a need for cooperation if Washington really wants stable and predictable relations, as it says
• Russian FM Spox says EU's anti-Belarus sanctions harm its own member states with Lithuania admitting losses caused to its ports and railways.
  • Says the EU is too absorbed with its struggle against the regime and is no longer counting casualties from "friendly fire"