Russia will not abandon its plans to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) production to 100 million tonnes a year because of U.S. sanctions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

In a new package of sanctions announced this month, the United States targeted a major Russian entity involved in the development, operation and ownership of a massive project in Siberia known as Arctic-2 LNG.

Russian companies have already learned to overcome such obstacles, Zakharova told a briefing. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin Editing by Gareth Jones)