director Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the restrictions were imposed against Russia will rebound against Westin the form of higher food and energy prices, and Moscow Solve problems and emerge stronger. Putin said there was no option for Russia to call its special military operation Ukraine And that Russia was not a country that could accept to compromise its sovereignty for some sort of short-term economic gain. “These sanctions would have been imposed in any case,” Putin said at a meeting of the Russian government. “There are some questions, problems and difficulties but in the past we have overcome them and now we will overcome them. Ultimately, all this will lead to an increase in our independence, self-reliance and our sovereignty,” he said at a televised government meeting.
His comments were designed to portray Western sanctions as self-defeating and to reassure Russians that the country could face what Moscow is calling an “economic war” against its banks, businesses and business oligarchs. . Putin said Moscow – a major energy producer that supplies a third of Europe’s gas – will continue to meet its contractual obligations, even if it has been slammed with sweeping sanctions, including a ban on US purchases of its oil. also includes. “They announced that they were stopping imports of Russian oil into the US market. There prices are high, inflation is unprecedentedly high, reaching all-time highs. They try to blame the consequences of their mistakes on us. doing,” he said. “We have absolutely nothing to do with it. Hitting back against the West, the Russian government had earlier said it had banned exports of telecommunications, medical, auto, agriculture, electrical and technical equipment until the end of 2022. In total, over 200 items were included. Export suspension inventory, which also included railway cars, containers, turbines and other goods.
Putin acknowledged that the sanctions were being felt. “It is clear that there is always an ever-increasing demand for goods of certain groups of people in such moments, but we have no doubt that we will solve all these problems by working calmly,” he said. “Gradually, people will orient themselves, they will understand that there is no phenomenon that we cannot stop and solve. Putin noted that Russia is a major producer of agricultural fertilizers, and added that if the West created problems for Russia, there would be inevitable “negative consequences” for world food markets. His agriculture minister told the meeting that the country’s food security had been ensured.
His comments were designed to portray Western sanctions as self-defeating and to reassure Russians that the country could face what Moscow is calling an “economic war” against its banks, businesses and business oligarchs. . Putin said Moscow – a major energy producer that supplies a third of Europe’s gas – will continue to meet its contractual obligations, even if it has been slammed with sweeping sanctions, including a ban on US purchases of its oil. also includes. “They announced that they were stopping imports of Russian oil into the US market. There prices are high, inflation is unprecedentedly high, reaching all-time highs. They try to blame the consequences of their mistakes on us. doing,” he said. “We have absolutely nothing to do with it. Hitting back against the West, the Russian government had earlier said it had banned exports of telecommunications, medical, auto, agriculture, electrical and technical equipment until the end of 2022. In total, over 200 items were included. Export suspension inventory, which also included railway cars, containers, turbines and other goods.
Putin acknowledged that the sanctions were being felt. “It is clear that there is always an ever-increasing demand for goods of certain groups of people in such moments, but we have no doubt that we will solve all these problems by working calmly,” he said. “Gradually, people will orient themselves, they will understand that there is no phenomenon that we cannot stop and solve. Putin noted that Russia is a major producer of agricultural fertilizers, and added that if the West created problems for Russia, there would be inevitable “negative consequences” for world food markets. His agriculture minister told the meeting that the country’s food security had been ensured.