{"id":1245,"date":"2025-08-05T14:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:38","slug":"kremlin-assesses-us-threats-to-russias-trade-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/kremlin-assesses-us-threats-to-russias-trade-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin assesses US \u2018threats\u2019 to Russia\u2019s trade partners"},"content":{"rendered":"
Demands for sovereign states to halt economic ties with Moscow have no legal basis, Dmitry Peskov has said<\/strong><\/p>\n US threats to impose secondary sanctions on Russia\u2019s trading partners are illegal and a breach of other nations\u2019 sovereign rights, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.<\/p>\n Washington recently warned India, China, and Brazil of potential restrictions over their imports of Russian energy. Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to NATO, called such measures an \u201cobvious next step\u201d<\/em> to end the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n Responding at a press briefing on Tuesday, Peskov said: \u201cWe hear many statements that are essentially threats and attempts to pressure countries into cutting trade relations with Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe believe that sovereign states should have, and do have, the right to choose their own trade partners, partners for economic cooperation, and to independently determine the forms of cooperation that serve their national interests,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Whitaker claimed that purchasing Russian oil amounts to sponsoring hostilities in the Ukraine conflict. He asserted that introducing sanctions on importers would cut off Moscow\u2019s main source of revenue.<\/p>\n India, one of the largest importers of Russian crude alongside China, responded that it would \u201csafeguard its national interests and economic security,\u201d<\/em> calling the idea of targeting the country over energy purchases \u201cunjustified and unreasonable.\u201d<\/em> New Delhi has also pointed to ongoing Western trade with Russia, despite repeated pledges to sever economic ties.<\/p>\n