There is no doubt about it: The New Cold War has begun.
The latest shots in this battle of the superpowers come as the US looks to impose sanctions on Russia for their recent cybercrime spree.
Russian officials are threatening to retaliate for sanctions the U.S. is reportedly planning to implement against the country in the coming days.
The Kremlin on Thursday called any new U.S. sanctions “illegal” and warned they would decrease the likelihood of a meeting between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We condemn any intentions to impose sanctions, consider them illegal, and in any case the principle of reciprocity operates in this area,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to Reuters.
Tensions had been running high between the two nations for days, thanks to Russia’s sudden buildup of military assets near Ukraine, which appeared to indicate that some sort of military action was inevitable.
