Zakharova denied reports of lifting sanctions against Marco Rubio

On March 16, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denied information that Russia had allegedly lifted sanctions against US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Earlier, publications began to appear on the Network that Russia allegedly lifted sanctions against Rubio after the Secretary of State's conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"At the moment, the sanctions have not been lifted. This is fake," TASS quoted her as saying.

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