Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian leader, believes that statements threatening Russia and warning that Russia will have to pay a heavy price for some hypothetical action are heard daily from the average expert to the highest level, to the head of state
“This has been happening with enviable consistency for the last month at least. We have repeatedly responded to and commented on such statements. They do not contribute to the détente in Europe, but on the contrary, they contribute to destabilisation – instilling completely false hopes in the hot heads of some representatives of the Ukrainian leadership, who may start escalating the conflict in Donbas and will try to solve this problem by force”, – he said.
Earlier it became known that the United States presented a new draft of sanctions against Russia