State TV interview: Putin defends massive cut of US diplomatic staff in Russia in response to sanctions – TASS
VIDEO: Putin: US diplomatic mission needs to cut 755 employees, time to show we won’t leave anything unanswered – YouTube
Washington can decide embassy staff cuts, Kremlin says – TheHill
Putin says the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia needs to cut 755 employees. What do all these people do? – The Denver Post
U.S. embassy in Moscow says locked out of diplomatic property – reuters.com
What’s in the Russia sanctions bill that Trump will sign – ABC News
Will Trump hold signing ceremony on Russian sanctions? – TheHill
ARCHIVE: Text of bill to provide congressional review and to counter aggression by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation, and North Korea – docs.house.gov
Remarks by the Vice President with Baltic leaders in a JPA – whitehouse.gov
Pentagon, State Department devise plans to provide arms to Ukraine: Report – washingtonexaminer.com
Right and left on the Russia sanctions and Putin’s response – The New York Times
Oliver Stone defends his Putin interviews – Consortiumnews
German economy minister urges ‘countermeasures’ against US for Russia sanctions that could hit European companies, says they are ‘a violation of international law’ – CNBC
Germany expects the US authorities will contact European partners concerning application of new Russian sanctions – TASS
German foreign minister hopes Trump will not sign current edition of bill on Russian sanctions, says they are meant ‘to squeeze Russian gas out of the European market to give room to American gas’ – TASS
POLL: Germany says ‘nein’ to U.S. energy ambitions, most respondents view U.S. sanctions on Russia as a way to move into the European energy market – UPI.com
Austria to protect its interests if US applies anti-Russian sanctions to EU: Foreign ministry – TASS
France says U.S. sanctions on Iran, Russia look illegal – reuters.com
Juncker warns USA that EU will protect Brussels & German energy deals with Russia at all costs, says ”America first cannot mean that Europe’s interests come last’ – Express.co.uk
Eight European projects to be hit by US sanctions on energy sector – EURACTIV.com
How new US sanctions will impact on the EU energy independence – Sputnik International
German island hit by Russia sanctions -DW
Russia′s countersanctions not affecting EU, expert tells DW – DW
New U.S. sanctions damage ties with Europe – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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