Dmitry Medvedev. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 18Western companies do not want to lose the Russian market and say they «really want to return, but are afraid,» Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram. «Western companies, many of which loudly announced their departure from our market, from the very beginning they thought only about returning, prudently keeping labor collectives, paying salaries, making other payments to the budget,» he said.
When leaving, don't leave. Which of the Western companies have already returned to Russia? At the same time, Western governments put pressure on companies to a monstrous degree — as if this «is happening not in a capitalist economy, but in a period of dictatorship (not only of the proletariat, but of the degenerate American establishment),» Medvedev continued. He stressed, that in the West there are «not only propagandists, but also pragmatists» and no one wants to lose the Russian market. Real money outweighs words, the deputy chairman of the Security Council explained. Medvedev, however, added that Moscow has a limited patience in this regard. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. The armed forces say they are only targeting military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. There are casualties on both sides. After that, many Western countries announced large-scale sanctions against Russia, primarily against the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. In addition, many brands announced the cessation of work in the country. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, the likes of which have never been seen before. At the same time, the authorities stressed that they were ready for such a development of events and would continue to fulfill social obligations. The Central Bank is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market.
