Russia says it has the right to hit back in response to U.S. sanctions targeting its energy sector. UPI/Dennis Van Tine Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the Kremlin likely won’t issue reactive sanctions against the United States, but felt the measures targeting the Russian energy sector were reflexive. “Strictly speaking, we now have every right amid this mass of anti-Russian US sanctions to impose sanctions against the United States non-stop and in all the areas,” he told state news agency RIA Novosti . The Russian economy is struggling to cope with sanctions imposed on its energy sector in response the Kremlin’s posture on the conflict in Ukraine. Exports of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas accounted for nearly 70 of all Russian export revenues in 2013 and the Russian Central Bank said it was struggling to keep Russian inflation in check because of U.S. and European sanctions. […]