Putin says Russia will respond to 'insolence' of US sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow will ultimately have to respond to sanctions imposed by the United States that he condemned as insolent towards Russia."We are behaving in a very restrained and patient way, but at some moment we will need to respond," Putin said at a news conference after talks with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto.The Russian strongman slammed the intensifying probe into Russian meddling in the US presidential election, saying it bore witness to