White House building in Washington DC, USA. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 18Russia will become a pariah in the international community, lose access to global financial markets and the ability to purchase critical technologies if it decides to escalate the situation in Ukraine, said US Deputy National Security Adviser Duleep Singh. He said that the United States and its allies «agree » regarding the package of financial sanctions and export control measures they are preparing against Russia in case the crisis escalates.White House: US sanctions will not affect Russian energy exports «If Russia invades Ukraine, it will become a pariah for the international community. It will be isolated from global financial markets, deprived of access to sophisticated technologies,» he warned at a briefing at the White House. will face capital flight, growing pressure on its currency, a surge in inflation, higher borrowing costs, economic contraction and erosion of productive capacity,” Singh added. According to him, Russia will then become more dependent on countries that are unable to compensate her loss. «This will be a strategic defeat for Russia,» Singh said. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Allegations that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Tuesday that the Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment. the diplomat proposed to exclude the Russian Federation from international organizationsPublished: Daria Buimova
