Putin laughs off US list of Russian politicos, tycoons

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday laughed off a US list of Russians tapped for possible sanctions, joking that he was offended his name was not on it. “I am offended, you know,” Putin told his supporters, citing a famous line from a popular movie. He said he had not seen the list so far and quoted the old proverb “the dogs bark but the caravan goes on”. The US treasury on Monday released the list of Russian officials, led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and business people singled out for sanctions under a law designed to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the poll that brought Donald Trump to power.