Reuters: The United States intends to impose secondary sanctions against Russia on August 8

The United States intends to impose secondary sanctions against Russia on Friday, August 8. This was reported on August 6 by the Reuters news agency, citing a White House official.

"Secondary sanctions are expected to be implemented on Friday," he said.

At the same time, the White House representative also called the meeting of the American special envoy Stephen Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin a success and clarified that Moscow was striving to continue cooperation with Washington.

Face to face: Putin received Witkoff in the Kremlin

Experts do not expect any breakthroughs in the settlement of the situation in Ukraine from the visit

Witkoff arrived in Moscow on the morning of August 6. During the visit, he met with Putin in the Kremlin. Their meeting lasted about three hours.

Later, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov shared that Witkoff and Putin discussed the conflict in Ukraine and the prospects for possible development of strategic cooperation between Russia and the United States. US President Donald Trump, in turn, called the meeting productive and said he had informed some of Washington's European allies about the details.

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