Russia has to respond to any sanctions in order to protect its interests, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said.
At the same time, a representative of official Moscow left unanswered the question of whether the Russian side has a draft law on the Russian Federation counter-sanctions against Western countries if they introduce new restrictions. “I don’t think it [the question] is correct,” he said, TASS reports.
Besides, Peskov noted that "any sanctions should be responded to either in a mirror or assymetrical manner, but in a way that protects your own interests".