Russia says normalising ties with US will require lifting sanctions on Moscow


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  • Tuesday, 04 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: The U.S national flag flies in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that any normalisation of relations with the United States would require the lifting of sanctions against Moscow.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about a Reuters report that said the United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine.

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