Sanctions against the russian government. Russian president Vladimir Putin has condemned a new round of u. S. Sanctions but wont expel american diplomats after president obama ordered 35 Russian Diplomats out of the u. S. As punishment for meddling in the election. This afternoon, president elect donald trump praised putin for not retaliating. In a flattering tweet that will likely raise eyebrows, great move on delay by putin. I always knew he was very spart. Experts wonder why he would retaliate . He doesnt have to do tit for tat sanctions on us. Putin has won across the board. Mr. Trump will be briefed by Intelligence Leaders on russian hacking next week. Putin is hoping trump will reverse the orders, but analysts say the president elect needs to be careful. Donald trump is going to face this issue in about 21 days. Its going to be his government that theyre now trying to hack. The signa committee has called a meeting next thursday to investigate the foreign cyber threat. Democrats a
The nbc washington app at any time. Check out the radar on your phone. Thank you, doug. Now we want to move to new developments on the u. S. Sanctions against russia, despite calls from top russian officials to retaliate, president Vladimir Putin says hes going to hold off. Its a move praised by president elect trump. He said this on twitter, great move on delay by v. Putin. I always knew he was very smart. Nbcs lucy kafanov has a look at the strategy behind putins response. Reporter traditionally, historically, when the hints of one country are expelled, the other country follows suit. That was the expectation for the kremlin today, also the recommendation from Russian Foreign minister sergey lavrov. In a surprise move, president putin declined to do that. In a Statement Issued earlier today, he said that we are not, and im quoting here, were not going to stoop to the level of irresponsible diplomacy, and we will take future steps to restore russian american relations. What president