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Former Pentagon chief and former CIA director Robert Gates, speaking at a virtual event organized by the Ronald Reagan Institute, said that Washington has imposed so many anti-Russian sanctions that it has almost completely lost the ability to exert pressure on Moscow by this method.
According to him, there are few such sanctions that the US authorities have not yet imposed, and that would matter.
“Many of these sanctions end up affecting ordinary Russians,” Gates added.Among other things, the former director of the CIA made a statement that the United States should take measures against the country’s officials in response to cyber attacks carried out by Russian hackers.
“I believe that if these attacks continue, America needs to be creative and not only act against hackers, but also consider measures that we can take against those in the Russian president’s entourage. I do not think that to come up with something like this, it is beyond human capabilities, ” Gates said.