Putin orders Russia gov’t response to sanctions

Published August 5, 2014 3:39pm ET



MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has ordered the government to develop measures in response to Western sanctions.

Putin, in a meeting with state officials in the city of Voronezh on Tuesday, did not specify what the measures might be but said: “I have given the order today to formulate them,” Russian news agencies reported.

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