Moreover, such impulses do not improve bilateral relations, he added.

“Of course, we can only regret that these new impulses are out there advanced by certain people in the general US policy,” he said Thursday.

According to Peskov, “this definitely does not contribute to the normalization of bilateral ties.”

“We are hoping that these new sanctions by the US will not translate into action and will not be implemented in any way,” Kremlin spokesman stressed, TASS reported.

The Russian-American relations are being sacrificed for the benefit of certain political forces, Peskov said. “Overall, as a presidential campaign in the US progresses, our country and the Russian-American relations traditionally become a proverbial lamb that must be sacrificed, if one wants to achieve any success in the electoral business. This is regrettable.”

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have suggested imposing such tough sanctions against Russia, Iran, and China that, according to them, have never been imposed in the history of the US legislature. The proposal is laid out in the 120-page long report called ‘Strengthening America & Countering Global Threats’ published by the Republican research committee gathering around 150 Republican congresspeople.

The initiatives set out in the document are recommendations but not a bill submitted to Congress. “We are following the reports about such ideas and proposals (to impose) new restrictions,” Peskov added. “We generally believe that such restrictions are illegal from the international law viewpoint.”

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“Can this situation be projected onto the general background of bilateral Russian-US relations? Such a conclusion is improbable today,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked whether he thought the recent contacts between the two presidents could inspire hope for the improvement in bilateral relations, TASS reported.

According to the Kremlin spokesman, the Russian and US leaders “have been having quite constructive contacts for a long time.”

“At this point, an absolute, so to say, the convergence of the two countries’ interests to pool efforts to stabilize the oil markets, obviously, dictates the necessity of more frequent contacts,” he explained.

“The presidents have long, frank, constructive and efficient contacts,” Peskov said. “And you see the result – the (OPEC+ oil production cuts) deal has been finalized and formalized.”

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