Angry Russia Blasts Obama Over Sanctions

  

Russia has reacted to the hacking sanction of her diplomats [see here] by calling White House officials 'angry and shallow-brained losers'. In an overnight blast at the decision to kick 35 Russian diplomats out of the US, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed the outgoing President's team.

She claimed the US and American people were 'humiliated by their own President' in the Cold War-style measures against Moscow, intended as punishment for hacking the US election.

Her minister Sergey Lavrov has also suggested returning fire by expelling 35 US diplomats.

'The people who occupied White House for eight years - this is not the Administration,' Ms Zakharova said. 'They are the group of foreign policy losers, angry and shallow-brained. 'Today Obama has officially confessed to it.'

In a personal onslaught, she claimed Secretary of State John Kerry was not in line with what Moscow sees as draconian measures.

'The most surprising thing is that having failed to add to the history any achievements at the world stage, the Noble Prize winner managed to make a big inkblot instead of an elegant mark. 'Only Kerry deserves sympathy from this group of spoilers. 'He was not an ally, but he tried to remain professional and to keep his human dignity.'


She claimed: 'His own colleagues were mocking him, cheated on him and did not let him work. 'God save any Secretary of State from what he had to go through. 'Mr Kerry, at this hard moment for the USA let me express my solidarity with you - you have done everything possible in order to prevent foreign policy collapse in your country. '

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in televised remarks on Friday that the foreign ministry and other agencies have suggested that President Vladimir Putin order expulsion of 31 employees of the U.S. embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the US consulate in St. Petersburg.

Another suggestion is to bar US diplomats from using their summer retreat on the outskirts of Moscow and a warehouse in the south of Moscow.