Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to the U.S. Treasury Department’s latest round of sanctions against Russian oil on Thursday by dismissing them as irrelevant, claiming Russia will “not face any particular problems.”

Zakharova condemned the sanctions as “extremely counterproductive,” particularly in the context of President Donald Trump announcing plans for meetings with Putin intended to find an end to the latter’s ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine. She nonetheless claimed the country has endured years of sanctions and its economy is properly isolated, such as to not feel the pain of elevated sanctions as…

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