Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. File photoMOSCOW, June 2 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called her inclusion on the US sanctions list «another performance»
"They call and ask about the reaction to my inclusion in &# 34; sanctions list of the US Treasury". To be honest, I was sure that I had been on the American stop list for a long time", she also wrote in her Telegram channel.
According to Zakharova, she faced difficulties in obtaining a visa for several years. In addition, the diplomat stressed that she has no foreign accounts and real estate. After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Restrictive measures primarily affected the banking sector and high-tech products. Many brands have announced they are pulling out of Russia.
Le Figaro: anti-Russian sanctions set off a «game of musical chairs» Moscow called these steps an economic war, noting that was prepared for such a scenario. The Central Bank is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market, thanks to which the ruble has significantly strengthened against the dollar and the euro, breaking five-year highs. Russia also transferred payments for gas supplies to unfriendly countries into rubles. Another step to combat the impact of Western sanctions was the plan prepared by the government, which includes about a hundred initiatives. Its funding will amount to about a trillion rubles. At the same time, in the West, restrictions provoked a record increase in fuel and food prices. there is nothing abroad, said Medvedev