Though the new sanctions law which has just been passed by the US Congress will have little actual impact on the Russian economy, no one should be in any doubt about Russian anger on this issue.
That anger has expressed itself in a number of ways.
Firstly there are the stiff comments from President Putin himself made on the eve of the passage of the new sanctions law:
We have not seen the final version yet and we do not have a final opinion on this matter. But we see that for a long period of time, there have been ongoing attempts to provoke us - many Russian diplomats were expelled with no explanation of the reason and diplomatic property was seized, which is beyond comprehension as it violates fundamental norms of international law regarding diplomatic relations. The sanctions are absolutely illegal from the perspective of international law and they violate the principles of international trade and World Trade Organization rules. As you know, we are being very restrained and patient, but at some point we will have to respond. We cannot tolerate this loutish behavior towards our country forever. But how we respond will depend on the final version of the bill that is being debated in the US Senate.
Comment: Huma is Killary's mini-me. She's never going to take responsibility for her part in running the Clinton's criminal machine.
- Huma claims she never received FBI warrants for email searches
- Killary aide Abedin says she doesn't know how her emails wound up on pervert hubby's computer
- The Weiner laptop: If Huma forwarded classified info, yes, she committed a crime
- Clinton's top campaign aide Huma Abedin worked at a radical Muslim journal for a dozen years
- Trump called it in 2012: Pervy Weiner, Killary minion Abedin, and classified emails
Judge Napolitano on the emails: