Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 15.Russia will not leave the boorish or illegal steps of the West unanswered, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. , the adoption of appropriate measures, etc. There are no options here — similar somewhere boorish, somewhere simply outside the law, both international law, and their internal or our bilateral agreements, steps will not go unanswered. we will answer,» she said on the air of the program «Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov» on the TV channel «Russia 1». Asia and the CIS, Zakharova said Western countries have introduced several packages of sanctions against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin has emphasized 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. According to him, the main goal of the United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. According to him, Russia is not going to isolate itself, it cannot be severely limited in the modern world.
