MOSCOW - Russia described "sanctions rhetoric" as destructive on March 20 and said it would do what is in its national interests after European Union leaders kept economic sanctions in place over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Russia says sanctions ‘destructive,’ will act in own interests
Russian military troops take part in a military drill on Sernovodsky polygon close to the Chechnya border, some 260 km from south Russian city of Stavropol, on March 19.