The Kremlin called the extension of US sanctions an automatic solution.

Russia did not have high expectations regarding anti-Russian sanctions from the United States, and the negotiation process on this initiative is complicated. This was announced on February 20 by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a briefing.

"The negotiation process, as we have said repeatedly, is complicated and time—consuming, so, of course, we did not have any high expectations in this regard, the decision is quite automatic, this is an extension," he said.

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