Pushkov pointed out a major US miscalculation

The White House in Washington DC. Archive photoMOSCOW, 16 Jun. The sanctions policy of Washington led to the fact that the damage was done to the American economy, the restrictions did not affect the policy of Russia in any way. This opinion was expressed in his Telegram channel by Senator Alexei Pushkov. wrote the parliamentarian. This state of affairs, Pushkov noted, means that the sanctions were poorly calculated, and their negative effect on the United States was not foreseen. redundant. Western countries imposed sanctions against Moscow after the start of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Restrictive measures mainly affected the banking sector and the sphere of high-tech products. Some countries have frozen the assets of Russian banks. Many companies have announced the suspension of activities in the country. At the same time, the disruption of supply chains has led to economic problems in the US and Europe, which are faced with an unprecedented increase in fuel and food prices. In the United States, for example, inflation accelerated to 8.6 percent in May, the highest since December 1981, and gasoline prices rose above $5 a gallon for the first time in history on June 10. In order to combat inflation, the Fed previously raised the base interest rate by 50 basis points to 0.75-1 percent. US attempts to stifle Russia with sanctions are not workingPresident Vladimir Putin has previously said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics.