MOSCOW -- Russia sees no connection between sanctions imposed against it by the United States and the European Union and the deepening crisis inUkraine. Instead it views them merely as a "destabilizing" effort to inflict damage, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Nov. 28.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with members of the Russian government at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on Oct. 13.
