Russia reacts to US ‘state sponsor of terrorism threat’

A leading Russian senator

A leading Russian senator has responded to a new proposal from American legislators to brand Moscow a “state sponsor of terrorism,” warning that the idea would weaken cooperation between Moscow and Washington.

“This initiative will undermine dialogue between Russia and the US if it’s adopted,” Sergey Tsekov, who sits in the upper house of Russia’s parliament, told RIA Novosti on Thursday. “It is characteristic of a certain strand of the American political elite.”

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