Early Friday morning in Europe, Russian Envoy to Japan Mikhail Galuzin crossed wires via Reuters.

The diplomat initially warned Japan for its sanctions on Moscow while saying, “There will be serious Russian response to Japanese sanctions against Russia.”

“Can assure safe and responsible handling of nuclear facilities in areas of Russian forces' activity,” adds Russian Envoy.

FX implications

Forex market pays a little heed to the news amid cautious optimism over the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, due to the US-NATO meeting. That said, S&P 500 Futures drop 0.50% but the US Dollar Index (DXY) pare recent gains by the press time.

Read: EUR/USD regains 1.1200 on cautious optimism over Russia-Ukraine crisis