American sanctions policy towards Russia can prove itself at any moment, and if the US authorities do not introduce restrictive measures today, this does not mean that they will not be tomorrow. So commented the first deputy chairman of the State Duma's international affairs committee Dmitry Novikov contradictory statements to this effect from overseas. So, today a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the administration of President Donald Trump had notified the Russian embassy in Washington about the lack of plans to burden our country with new sanctions in the near future. However, State Department spokesman Heather Nauert yesterday said the opposite: restrictions on Moscow are still being considered.

"The State Department is talking about the preparation of a new stage of sanctions, and Trump says that we will not impose sanctions now. If sanctions are not introduced today, this does not mean that sanctions will not be imposed tomorrow and that no preparations are being made for this operation, "Novikov said on Wednesday, April 18.. The Russian deputy believes that it is impossible to declare the next restrictions daily, but Washington's policy with such an "inconsistent" leader as Trump "will be situational in character". "Now, after the introduction of the previous package of sanctions, apparently, it was decided to take a break," the parliamentarian said.. However, he advised not to hope that the owner of the White House to fulfill his promise not to introduce in the near future new restrictive measures against Russia. Moreover, the State Duma in May plans to take its sanctions against the US. Probably, this in turn will excite Washington. "Trump himself said that we can always go back to the subject of sanctions and always find an excuse for this. I think, it is not necessary to feed illusions ", - Novikov summed up.. By the way, today it became known about the intentions to create in Russia a government structure to combat sanctions. Such an initiative, received from the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, has already been supported by the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

It is proposed to organize a "monitoring center for the situation" called "Controlfac".

According to Shokhin, "there is no need to create a federal executive body (. ) for this, but you have to think about where to place it ".

At the same time, we are not talking about punishing someone, but only "monitor the situation and determine what form of support is needed (domestic companies) - foreign economic, credit, refinancing," he quotes the agency. Shokhin believes that in this issue should be involved the Central Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Minek.