Economics
U.S. Does Not Recognize Russia's Crimea Annexation, Sanders Says
- White House continues to hint at flexibility on Crimea
- Russia under U.S. sanctions for incursions into Ukraine
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily White House briefing on July 2.
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The U.S. doesn’t recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and won’t lift sanctions related to Moscow’s military incursion into Ukraine until the peninsula is returned, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.
“We do not recognize Russia’s attempt to annex Crimea,” Sanders told reporters at the White House. U.S. sanctions “will remain in place until Russia returns Crimea to the Ukraine,” adding that “we agree to disagree with Russia on that front.”