Kremlin says summit will not stop US trying to ‘contain’ Russia

Comments from Moscow come after senior US official threatened further sanctions over Navalny.

The Kremlin has said it expects the United States will keep trying to “contain” Russia after a summit of their leaders, and that it was important for the two powers to be pragmatic amid talk of new US sanctions. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s comments on Monday came a day after US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN that Washington was preparing more sanctions in relation to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. Peskov told reporters that Moscow was aware of possible impending US sanctions.