DMitri Medvedev urged not to frighten Russia with “infernal sanctions” “Unprecedented sanctions” against Russia, Western countries promise to impose in the event of its invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev believes that those who threaten sanctions themselves do not believe in the effectiveness of their statements
Dmitry Medvedev
Even those who threaten Russia with sanctions do not believe that this threat will work, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media.
“This is such a figure of speech, a part of political culture: “Let’s say this in order to perform this ritual dance.” And they regularly perform it,” Medvedev explained (quoted by RIA Novosti). He urged not to frighten Russia with “infernal sanctions”.
“There can always be problems, but these problems are definitely solvable,” the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council stressed.
Commenting on the possibility of a ban on the conversion of the ruble, Medvedev said that in case of restrictions on transactions in dollars and euros, Russia will switch to Chinese yuan.”The absence of dollar payments can be replaced by payments in euros. If there are decisions on the euro, there is the yuan. <..."I do not know who will lose more from this," he said. Medvedev recalled that Russia is already pursuing a course for a more balanced currency basket and, if necessary, can make a certain redistribution within this basket.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that the threats of sanctions from the West do not belong to the category of real politics.
The United States and other states are warning Russia of “unprecedented sanctions” in the event of its invasion of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not planning an attack.
On January 25, a representative of the US administration at a briefing said that the country was preparing sanctions measures against Russia in case of escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. The package of measures will include export and financial restrictions, and as a result, more extensive consequences for Moscow are implied than those that were considered after the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 2014. According to Reuters, Washington expects European partners to join the sanctions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on the same day that Western countries would “react in unison” to Russia’s attack on Ukraine and sanctions in this case would be tougher than those previously mentioned.
The Bild newspaper wrote that the damage from the new restrictions could amount to more than $ 50 billion. According to the publication, the West plans to block the supply of raw materials from Russia, restrict the work of embassies and reduce the supply of Russian weapons. During the visit of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and CIA Director William Burns to Berlin, the German side assured that in the event of a Russian invasion it would not allow the launch of the Nord Stream-2, Bild reported.
In the United States, senators from the Democratic and Republican parties have introduced bills on measures against Russia. Both the Democrats’ draft and the document from Republican Marco Rubio include personal sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday, January 26, a CBS correspondent, citing sources, reported that the authorities had abandoned sanctions against Putin because it would make it difficult for Western colleagues to negotiate with him.
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