Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The White House renewed Obama's demands that the Kremlin use what Washington believes is its influence over the separatists to get them to vacate the premises. It warned of heavier economic sanctions than those already imposed over Crimea if Moscow failed to uphold the Geneva deal. "We believe that Russia has considerable influence over the actions of those who have been engaged in destabilising activities in eastern Ukraine," national security adviser Susan Rice said. "If we don't see action commensurate with the commitments that Russia has made yesterday in Geneva,then we've been very clear that we and our European partners remain ready to impose additional costs on Russia. Putin's spokesman hit back, "You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy," said Dmitry Peskov. "That kind of language is unacceptable." |



