MOSCOW: Russia expressed “indignation” on Thursday over the US State De-partment’s decision to downgrade the country to the bottom of a US table of nations combating human trafficking, a move which could spark sanctions.

“As far as the application of unilateral sanctions against Russia is concerned . . . the very idea of raising this issue causes indignation,” Russian foreign ministry’s human rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov said in a statement.

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