Russia on Thursday pledged “adequate reprisals” over US sanctions and accused Washington of trying to destroy ties.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia “categorically” rejected US claims of meddling in its presidential election after Washington imposed tough sanctions on the country’s top two intelligence agencies, expelled agents and shut down two Russian compounds on US soil.

“We categorically reject the unfounded assertions and accusations made about Russia,” Peskov said, according to the Ria-Novosti news agency.

The United States wants to “definitively destroy US-Russia relations which have already reached a low” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Russia will “react in an adequate manner based on the principles of reciprocity.”

Source: AFP