White House Press Secretary Jen PsakiMOSCOW, Mar 15White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that the United States, together with its allies, «totally crushed» the Russian economy with the help of sanctions imposed in response to the military operation in Ukraine. ed.) Putin. We completely crushed his economy. We provided military and humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainians, giving them the opportunity to resist much longer than the Russian leadership expected,» she said at a media briefing.
The United States accused Biden of destroying the country with anti-Russian sanctionsAttempts to undermine potentialWestern countries are trying to undermine the economic potential of Russia and Belarus with the help of sanctions, worsen the quality of life of citizens, but the governments of the two countries are taking measures to ensure their economic security, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said earlier during negotiations with the Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko. «Western countries are exerting large-scale sanctions pressure today on the Russian Federation, on Belarus. Its goal is to undermine our economic potentials, complicate the work of financial systems, break production chains, and, ultimately, worsen the quality of life of our citizens In this situation, we are taking coordinated measures to protect our economic security and the technological sovereignty of Russia and Belarus,» Mishustin said. The prime minister noted that it is necessary to strengthen integration in the Union State. «It is important to work together to ensure further growth in trade, which last year increased by 34% compared to 2020 and reached $38.5 billion,» he stressed.
The consequences of the economic war will be minimized, Peskov believesNew Western sanctionsRussia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response to this, the United States, the EU countries and a number of other states, including Japan, introduced new sanctions against Russia and major Russian organizations. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated, 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. According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin, Moscow will not ask the US and Europe to lift sanctions, Western pressure will not change the course of the country. th: successes of the Russian Armed Forces, the terrorist attack in Donetsk and the continuation of negotiations
