Dmitry MedvedevMOSCOW, Apr 8All restrictions against Russia, adopted almost a thousand times lately, are a direct violation of the rights of the Russian Federation, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. «Consequently, everything that has been done almost a thousand times lately in relation to Russia is a direct violation of the rights of the Russian Federation as a sovereign state by individual countries or their unions. Thus, Russia is now under the illegal sanctions of a number of countries,» he wrote in his Telegram channel. He added that all restrictions adopted bypassing the UN are reprisals that are not of an internationally recognized nature.» Sanctions are coercive measures taken by the UN Security Council on the basis of Article 41 of the UN Charter against the offending state. sanctions in the sense of international law,» Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.
Medvedev called the imposition of sanctions a declaration of economic warRussia launched a 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, Western countries have introduced a number of new anti-Russian sanctions. Many foreign companies have suspended their work in the Russian Federation. As previously stated in the Kremlin, Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance, they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy.
