The West harmed itself with anti-Russian sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in MoscowMOSCOW, March 9 a blow to these countries themselves, the situation there will dramatically degrade, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. According to her, the deterioration in the state of affairs in the global economy was provoked by the crisis associated with COVID-19. uploads/2022/03/e06961a5a6da82e3465508a6964d474d.jpg» />New personal EU sanctions against Russia will affect more than a hundred people «You have now aggravated it (the crisis) with sanctions, which, even despite the fact that we have not even begun to develop countermeasures globally, have already dealt you a crushing blow. You did it under these conditions, the situation inside your countries will dramatically degrade,» Zakharova said at a briefing. Western countries have imposed new anti-Russian sanctions because of the situation in Ukraine. In particular, several of the largest banks in the Russian Federation, including Sberbank and VTB, fell under them. The European Union, the USA, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the skies for Russian aircraft. A number of state-owned companies found it difficult to attract foreign capital. Sanctions have been imposed on the supply of high-tech products to Russia. On March 8, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian oil, a number of petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal. Following this, the UK announced that it would stop importing oil and petroleum products from Russia by the end of 2022. said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak noted that the rejection of Russian oil would lead to to catastrophic consequences for the world market and will cause a surge in prices up to $300 per barrel or more. OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo noted that the current situation in the oil market demonstrates that countries should not make world energy a hostage to their political and other differences.