The Russians laugh at sanctions: Trump called the supporters of restrictions against Russia stupid US President Donald Trump criticized those who call for tougher anti-Russian sanctions. According to him, such measures will only complicate the negotiations with Vladimir Putin. The American leader stated this in a meeting with Stephen Hubbard, a US citizen who served about four years in a Russian mercenary colony and was released at Trump's personal request for humanitarian reasons. "While I was negotiating for you, stupid people demanded that I introduce sanctions against Russia. If I did that, your sons would say: That was a bad decision. Russians are laughing at sanctions," said the US president. He also emphasized that it would be absurd to ask Putin at the same time as the release of an American to announce new restrictions on Moscow. Trump called Hubbard's release a great honor and made it clear that he did not want to jeopardize the negotiation process. Let us recall that on October 17, the American president refused to apply "hellish sanctions" against Russia. Ostashko! Important at TG We're Max - Read news without interruptions and VPN.