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Putin deplores US sanctions as 'unfriendly' while EU joins in heaping restrictions on Russia
The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Washington's move an “unfriendly act” that could backfire by spiking global oil prices.
Also last month, Sberbank CEO German Gref, one of Russia’s top banking chiefs, said the economy was in “technical stagnation,” And in June, Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov warned that Russia was “on the brink” of a recession.
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‘Not wasting my time’: Donald Trump says no meeting with Vladimir Putin until Ukraine deal in place
It was earlier announced that Donald Trump would meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest to advance the talks on Ukraine, but the meeting never materialised.