MOSCOW, April 16 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. Moscow will not drag out the issue of adopting a bill on retaliatory measures on US sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

"I think that the timetable for considering this important bill will be built in such a way as not to drag out - the situation itself dictates the need for sufficiently energetic efforts," Ryabkov said.

He noted that now the Foreign Ministry can not say exactly what measures will be taken and when. However, the diplomat stressed that there is a political need to act quickly.

On Friday, the leaders of Duma factions and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin submitted to the lower house of parliament a bill providing for retaliatory actions against the anti-Russian policy of the United States. The document presupposes, in particular, a ban on the importation of American agricultural, alcoholic and tobacco products.

An extraordinary meeting of the State Duma Council to consider the bill "On measures of influence (counteraction) to unfriendly actions of the United States and (or) other foreign states" will be held on Monday.

Link: https://ria.ru/sanctions/20180416/1518714645.html