WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Trump administration’s list of top officials and businesspeople is a “hostile step” that harms relations between Russia and the United States.
Just 12 minutes before the deadline, the administration late on Monday released a long-awaited list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 “oligarchs” who have flourished under Putin, fulfilling a demand by Congress that the US punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 US election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a meeting with his supporters in Moscow, Russia, on January 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The section on political leaders includes the entire Kremlin administration and the Cabinet as well as other top officials.
Speaking at a campaign event in Moscow on Tuesday, Putin, who is running for president at the March election, jokes that he felt “slighted” that he himself was not on the list.
Putin describes the list as a “hostile step” but says Moscow does not want to make the situation worse and is eager to “develop the relations as much as our American counterparts are willing to.”
— AP
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