Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry PeskovWASHINGTON, Jan 16 Russia a self-sufficient country so as not to be vulnerable to the sanctions proposed by the West, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. He stressed that the US is being «forced to live under sanctions,» and Russia is responding by developing domestic production and the economy to make up for the shortage of certain imported parts and components. «We produce ourselves, which accelerates our national economy,» Peskov said.