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Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and asked Russia not to escalate the situation in response
to the sanctions. The following day, Putin announced that Russia would not
take retaliatory measures in response to the sanctions at that time. Hours later,
President-Elect Trump tweeted, ”Great move on delay (by V. Putin).” The next day, on
December 31, 2016, Kislyak called Flynn and told him the request had been received at
the highest levels and Russia had chosen not to retaliate as a result of Flynn&#x2019;s
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