The possibility of U.S. sanctions against Russia due to the situation in Syria will not go without a response. The response may be symmetrical, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabkov, told reporters. "Any hostile actions against Russia will not be left without a response," Ryabkov said, as quoted by Interfax.

Ryabkov also said that "at different stages of the current sanctions policy (against Russia) Moscow has repeatedly warned that they will be answered though they may not be retaliatory, but will be symmetrical."

He also added that Americans will have to face a new reality, different from that in which they are used to living.

"At yesterday's meeting of the International Affairs Committee of the State Duma, a bill was considered that would suspend the agreement of excess weapons-grade plutonium. This would be included in the response to sanctions from the United States," the Deputy Minister said.

He also added that if the U.S. does not understand the obvious logical connection, it can only be explained by "a general decline in their political culture and their professionalism."

"If the U.S. does not listen to what Moscow says in a calm manner to such threats, then that's their problem," the Deputy Minister concluded.

  Russia, USA, Syrian Conflict, Sanctions

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