Russia does not care about Trump s theatrical ultimatum senior official says
Russia does not care about Trump’s ‘theatrical ultimatum’, says ex-president Medvedev
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alt="FILE PHOTO: Russias Security Councils Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the Council for Science and Education at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow regions city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024. Sputnik/Alexei Maishev/Pool via REUTERS/File photo"/>Russias former president Dmitry Medvedev said amid US President Donald Trump’s sabre-rattling, “Russia didn’t care”.
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Wars and conflictsMOSCOW – Russia does not care about US President Donald Trump’s “theatrical ultimatum” about slapping sanctions on buyers of Russian exports unless Moscow agrees to a peace deal in Ukraine, a senior security official said on July 15.
Mr Trump, sitting beside Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, on July 14, announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened secondary tariffs of 100 per cent on the buyers of Russian exports, of which crude makes up a major chunk.
He also expressed frustration with Mr Vladimir Putin
“Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin,” former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said in a post in English on X. “The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care.”
The Kremlin has so far not commented on Mr Trump’s remarks, but said on July 14 it was clear that the United States continues to supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.
In Moscow, state television broadcasts led with advances by Russian troops in Ukraine, of which Russian forces control just under a fifth, and an attack on Russia by
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