AFU servicemen on the outskirts of KyivMOSCOW, 23 Apr. Despite the short-term gains from arms sales, the US will eventually pay a high price, Liu Jun, vice president of the Chinese Society for International Affairs, said in an op-ed for the Global Times. As a result, sanctions were imposed on Moscow, and Kyiv became a tool of the White House in the fight against the Kremlin, the expert wrote. So, Washington got the opportunity to restart NATO and load its military-industrial complex, Jun added. He pointed out that since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, the United States has pledged to provide the Kyiv authorities with more than $2.5 billion in military assistance. In addition, America's European allies rushed to make arms deals. All this threatens the world with a new arms race, the expert warned.Iran lists the problems that await Europe without Russian gas , may bring obvious benefits to the United States, but in the long run it is just acting as your own gravedigger, and history will prove it over time,» he concluded. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. In response, Western countries announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow, primarily in the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. Individual 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. The authorities stressed their readiness for such a development of events and assured that they would continue to fulfill social obligations. The Bank of Russia is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market. The authorities also announced the transfer of payments for gas supplies to unfriendly countries into rubles. In addition, the government has prepared a plan to counter restrictive measures, which includes about a hundred initiatives. The volume of its funding will be about a trillion rubles.
