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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the meeting with his authorized representatives ahead of the presidential elections in March at the Gostiny Dvor shopping mall in Moscow Dak Prescott Limited Jersey , Russia, Jan. 30, 2018. (XinhuaWu Zhuang)
MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russia is still ready to mend tieswith the United States despite the prospect of new sanctionsbrought by Washington's newly released "Kremlin list," RussianPresident Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.


The U.S. Treasury Department late Monday published a list of 114Russian political figures and 96 business leaders widely seen aspotential targets for new sanctions Ezekiel Elliott Limited Jersey , although the documentspecifies that it should not be interpreted as a sanctionslist.


"It is definitely an unfriendly act. It complicates Russia-U.S.relations, which are in a difficult situation even without this,and it also causes damage to the international relations ingeneral," Putin said at a meeting with the trustees of hispresidential campaign.


While underscoring that Russia cannot "surrender positionsendlessly," the president said that Moscow is not interested insevering ties with Washington.


Instead Womens Chaz Green Jersey , it wanted to develop stable relations with Washingtonbased on international law and the two major nuclear powers areexpected by their peoples to "build up their ties in a modern waywith respect to each other," he said.


"We are not going to pick a fight and to aggravate thesituation. We want and will be building relations patiently, as faras the other side is ready, the American side in this case," Putinsaid.


He said Moscow had expected the publication of the list and wasready to take steps in response Womens Byron Jones Jersey , which "could drive our relationstowards an absolute zero."


However, Russia would refrain from such steps for the time beingand would attentively monitor the development of the situation,Putin said.


According to the Treasury, each figure in the "Kremlin report"has an estimated net worth of 1 billion U.S. dollars.


The document also has classified annexes, which includeindividuals with a lower official position or with a net worthbelow 1 billion dollars Womens Maliek Collins Jersey , as well as companies with state ownershipof at least 25 percent and with 2016 revenues of 2 billion dollarsor more. Enditem


The Kremlin said on Monday it did not regard opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a political threat to the upcoming presidential election and that protests he had organized on Sunday had been sparsely attended in places.


Navalny, who has been barred from running over what he says is a trumped-up suspended prison sentence, has called on voters to boycott what he says will be a rigged election on March 18.


Opinion polls show incumbent President Vladimir Putin is on track to be easily re-elected.


Though unlikely to influence the result, Navalny's call for a boycott attracted thousands of protesters to rallies across Russia on Sunday, which saw the opposition leader detained by the police for several hours.


Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Monday it was unlikely that anyone could compete with Putin in the race.


"Putin is an absolute leader in the public's opinion Womens Jaylon Smith Jersey , a leader of the political Olympus, with whom at this stage it is unlikely anyone could compete," Peskov said.