The lifting of Western sanctions has no separate value and is not even a strategic goal that requires sacrifices in the sphere of strategic security, the head of the upper house’s Committee for International Relations says.
“The cancelation of sanctions is definitely not an end in itself. It is not even a strategic goal for Russia that requires some sacrifice, especially in the sphere of security,” Senator Konstantin Kosachev was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
“We consider the sanctions an ill legacy of the team that is departing from the White House, that should be made history along with this team,” he added.
The comments came shortly after US President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with the Times and Bild newspapers that Western sanctions against Russia could be lifted in exchange for some agreement on nuclear disarmament.
Source: Russia won’t trade security for lifting of sanctions – senator — RT Russian politics
