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mo4ch:>‘Bordering racketeering’: Kremlin slams US sanctions bill as act of unfair competition | Mo4ch News

Top Moscow officials have lashed out at a new US “bill from hell” which imposes sanctions on Russia’s banking and energy industry, but said the country is well prepared to face the “racketeering” penalties.The bill, sponsored by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Bob Menendez, is based on a “precise, pragmatic and aggressive trade policy which has nothing to do with international trading rules,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.This policy is sometimes bordering racketeeringAlso on rt.comUS senators re-introduce Russian sanctions 'bill from hell'As Washington continues to pile pressure on Moscow, the Russian government is weighing up “a number of efficient measures” to protect “against these attacks.”Russia’s economy, Peskov suggested, adapted to the existing sanctions and even managed to grow “despite those unfair restrictions.”The US pursuit of sanctions is unlikely to end soon, he admitted, saying Russia may “hope for better” but “prepare for worse.