Kremlin Tells US to Await Response to ‘Economic War’

Kremlin Tells US to Await Response to ‘Economic War’
Crude tankers are shown at the port of Long Beach, Calif., on March 8, 2022. Mike Blake/Reuters
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LONDON—The Kremlin accused the United States on Wednesday of declaring an economic war on Russia that was sowing mayhem through energy markets, and put Washington on notice it was considering its response to a ban on Russian oil and energy.

Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union after the West imposed heavy sanctions on almost the entire Russian financial and corporate system following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.