Any attempt to increase economic pressure on Russia over violence in Ukraine is "absolutely destructive, unjustifiable and ultimately short-sighted", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Jan. 26.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Kremlin says any more pressure on Russia would be ‘destructive’
Cars are pictured on an embankment of the Moskva river as snow falls near the Kremlin in central Moscow on Dec. 25, 2014.