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UNIAN: No comment from White House on Trump’s alleged `Crimea is Russian` remarks

By UNIAN.

Published June 15, 2018 at 10:31 am

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 8, 2018 US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House for the G7 summit in Washington, DC.US President Donald Trump on June 13, 2018 accused the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries of driving up oil prices, in a fresh swipe at the cartel's agreement to cap production. "Oil prices are too high, OPEC is at it again. Not good!" he wrote on Twitter.Oil prices peaked in late May, hitting the $80 per barrel ceiling on the Brent futures contract and $72.24 on the West Texas Intermediate.Traders are holding their breath for the June 22 meeting of oil ministers from OPEC member states in Vienna. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM

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Speaking at a Washington briefing June 14, White House Spokesperson Sarah Sanders said she was unaware of U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly telling G7 leaders that “Crimea is part of Russia because everyone who lives there speaks Russian.”

“I’m not aware of any comment like that,” Sanders said, answering a journalist’s question.