News - Middle East: The Russian ambassador to the United States has condemned new Western sanctions against Russia over recent developments in Ukraine, warning that they will be to the detriment of the United States and the West but will not force Moscow to change its foreign policy.

"There is no doubt that the sanctions imposed against us will strongly hit the global financial and energy markets. The United States will not be left out, where ordinary citizens will feel the full consequences of rising prices," Anatoly Antonov said on Wednesday.

His remarks came after the US imposed financial penalties on Russia because of its deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine that Moscow has recognized as independent republics.