Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Russian governmentMOSCOW, March 10 Russia would have been introduced anyway, President Vladimir Putin believes.
"One way or another. As they have been introduced over the past many, many years", he said at a meeting with members of the government.
The head of state recalled that even after the collapse of the USSR, many measures were still taken against him. «This is how they acted against Russian Federation, endlessly. Only with pleasure everyone took money to pay for the previous loans that all the republics of the Soviet Union took out during the Soviet period,» Putin added. According to him, there has always been sanctions pressure, although now it is more complex.
The European Union has reached the limit in financial sanctions against Russia, said Borrell»But we, just as we overcame these difficulties in previous years, will overcome them now We must go through this period. The economy will certainly adapt to the new situation,» he said. Putin also indicated that import substitution will continue in all areas, which will eventually lead to an increase in Russian self-reliance.» You and I are well aware that many countries have already adapted to living with their backs bowed and obsequiously accepting all the decisions of their sovereign. Russia in such a state, a miserable state and a humiliated state, cannot exist. Sooner or later all this would have to happen. It happened now,» the president said. He expressed confidence that the goals set in the economy would be achieved. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been bullied for eight years, genocide by the Kiev regime.» After that, Western countries imposed new tough sanctions.