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mo4ch:>'Unhinged Russophobia': Moscow slams new barrage of US & Canada sanctions over Kerch standoff | Mo4ch News

The Russian Foreign Ministry has vowed to retaliate to the new economic sanctions rolled out by Washington and Ottawa over the November showdown near the shores of Crimea.The Foreign Ministry has called "groundless" the allegations by the US and Canadian governments that Russia was the aggressor in the November 25 incident in the Black Sea, when three Ukrainian warships sailed into Russian territorial waters.Also on rt.comUS imposes fresh sanctions on Russia over Kerch Strait standoffMoscow said that the Ukrainian vessels had not obtained proper permits to cross the strait and ignored repeated warnings by the Russian coast guard to stop when they entered Russian waters near Crimea. Three Ukrainian sailors were injured in the standoff, and a total of 24 Ukrainian personnel were detained and put on trial for violating Russian borders.The ships were later found to be armed and reportedly intended to cross the waterway that separates mainland Russia from Crimea in a "stealt…