Russia will not impose tit-for-tat measures or act "hysterically" over Western economic sanctions, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on July 28, trying to stake out the high ground amid growing tensions with the West.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Lavrov says Russia will not respond in kind to Western sanctions
A pro-Russian separatist holds his gun as he takes cover behind a tree at a checkpoint in the northern outskirts of city of Donetsk, on July 22, 2014.
