The State Department said Tuesday it hopes President-elect Trump will keep sanctions that President Obama imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
“We would hope that they would see the wisdom in keeping these sanctions and this pressure on Russia, because we have seen it have an effect,” State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters. “But obviously, these are decisions they have to make and we also respect that process as well.”
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