Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during his address at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Manila November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/Pool
MANILA (Reuters) - Russia did not ask the West to lift sanctions against Moscow when it offered Ukraine a new debt restructuring deal, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
"We did not ask for anything and we will not ask them, there is no point," Medvedev told journalists at a briefing on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. "Sanctions have nothing to do with this debt."
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