The Kremlin has accused the US of 'waging economic war' on Russia and of helping Ukraine to develop bioweapons as part of a renewed push to justify Putin's war.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said today that a 'hostile bacchanalia' of sanctions had hit Russia - forcing Putin to 'think very carefully' about next steps. It comes after the US and Europe targeted the country's valuable energy exports.
Peskov also parroted allegations, trumpeted earlier in the day by foreign ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova and Russian state media, that America has been funding bioweapons labs in Ukraine that housed samples of cholera.
The narrative is part of a retroactive effort by the Kremlin to justify Putin's attack on Ukraine after the initial narrative - false flag attacks and genocide in the Donbass - fell flat when the US exposed it ahead of time.
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