Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov looks on at the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva October 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrice Coffrini/Pool
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it was cancelling a high level meeting between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon in response to what it called a significant widening of U.S. sanctions against Moscow.
Moscow said it was obliged to react after the U.S. government on Tuesday added 38 individuals and organisations to its list of those sanctioned over Russian activities in Ukraine, angering the Kremlin which says its wants to repair relations with Washington that are languishing at a post Cold War low.
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