The Russian economy has acquired immunity to sanctions over the years, said Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, as he commented on US President Donald Trump's threats to impose new sanctions on Russia, RIA Novosti reports.

"We [i.e. Russia] have been living under a huge number of sanctions for quite a long time. Our economy operates under a huge number of restrictions. Therefore, of course, we have already acquired a certain immunity in this regard," Peskov said in response to a question about the preparations for the imposing of new sanctions.

Earlier, US President Trump announced that he was reducing the time he had given to Russia to make peace with Ukraine to ten days. Also, he had threatened to impose tariffs and secondary sanctions on Russia.