WASHINGTON, March 17. /ITAR-TASS/. US sanctions against Russian officials testify to the fact that the US has recognized Russia’s right to Crimea, Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov told Rossiya 24 television on Monday.
“If all threats that have been formulated over the recent time have been translated into these sanctions, this means that they have recognized our right to Crimea, and we will continue developing our relations with the West,” Titov said. He also expressed surprise as to what the US had been guided by in choosing officials to impose sanctions against. He said it was too early at the moment to say whether the West would confine itself to these sanctions.