Chairman of United Russia, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev. File photoMOSCOW, June 17 Security Council Deputy Head Dmitry Medvedev commented on US President Joe Biden's statement that he made the decision on sanctions against Russia as commander in chief, and not as head of state. «Biden said he took the decision on sanctions against Russia not as a president, but as a commander in chief. Actually, it’s bad when two characters settle in the head, dictating different wills to a person. Usually this has a well-known medical name in psychiatry, «Medvedev wrote in the Telegram channel.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/15fd892c851a39d019aa71648c4dac30.jpg" />Biden explained what he was guided by when imposing sanctions against Russia. At the same time, Medvedev stressed that «a split personality into Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an unsafe thing in politics.»
"But America again showed everyone its determination in the fight for democracy! The question is at what cost", Medvedev concluded.
Biden previously said that he made the decision to impose anti-Russian sanctions that provoked a crisis in global fuel and food markets as the supreme commander, and not as a politician thinking about elections. The US President claims that, without meeting a rebuff, Russia would allegedly continue to move deep into Europe, China would strengthen its plans to conquer Taiwan, and North Korea would more aggressively pursue its nuclear ambitions. After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure to Moscow. Restrictive measures primarily affected the banking sector and high-tech products. Many brands have announced they are leaving Russia.
End of fighting in Ukraine not enough to lift sanctions, Scholz said Moscow called such steps an economic war, noting that it was ready 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. Vladimir Putin has previously stated 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 West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.