Live updates: Russian official shrugs off Western sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% :Britain has imposed asset freezes and other sanctions on scores of Russian companies and several oligarchs, and has joined the U.S., Canada and the European Union in slapping sanctions on President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.___TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, his chief of staff and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
45% : The European Union, along with the U.S. and numerous other countries, has announced sanctions against Russia.___THE HAGUE, Netherlands --
41% : The French-speaking province of Quebec is also considering banning Russian liquor.___UNITED NATIONS --
40% : Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, shrugged off a set of crippling sanctions that the U.S., the European Union and other allies slapped on Russia as a reflection of Western "political impotence."
37% : The Russian military has not commented on either incident so far, and the reports could not be immediately verified.___UNITED NATIONS -- Russia has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding that Moscow stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops.

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