In the event of an escalation around Ukraine, the United States is ready to introduce new export controls on Russia. A senior administration official announced it during today's briefing, specifying that we are talking about restrictions on trade and exports from the United States to Russia.
He stressed that the new export control will concern the strategy of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the medium term. "Export controls will deprive Russia of what it needs and cannot simply replace", a White House spokesman said.
According to him, export control refers to advanced technologies that the United States develops and manufactures and which make a key contribution to "Russian strategic ambitions", RIA Novosti reports.
