Russia does not consider it necessary to take retaliatory punishment, But considers their possible After the introduction against her third wave of measures on isolation, said the speaker of Council of Federation Valentina Matvienko in the " Right to know " on the TV channel TVC on the first day weekend.
" We do not believe it is necessary to take retaliatory punishment, although they have prepared, planned And balanced. And if our partners that threaten a third round of sanctions will not stop, there may come a time when We will have to answer, But I would not like to see such a scenario occurred, " said Matvienko.
She also clarified that isolate the Russian Federation is impossible, It is integrated into the world economy, is a member of the UN security Council. Punishment impact And harm, But not the one that hoped their initiators. Today, the European countries have not expressed interest in cutting its ties with Russia.
" Those penalties that are imposed against Russia, they are illegal in all international rules And regulations. Punishment may impose the UN security Council. Penalties are political in nature is an attempt to put pressure on the Russian Federation, to make it dependent state, that, fearing She went into the mainstream of Western partners. But with Russia in the language of force And threats to talk impossible, " She said.
first assistant of the President of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov said that the Russian Federation has developed a " private document " with measures in response to the punishment of the West. According to him, the responses are divided into levels that are able to assume measures against individuals, organizations, or sectoral punishment.
After the referendum in the Crimea, during which the inhabitants of the Peninsula voted for his entry into Russia, the U.S. And EU imposed sanctions against Residents of the Russian Federation. Approved lists of banned entities, their assets Were frozen. In case of further escalation of the situation around Ukraine's Western States threaten Russia the introduction of sanctions against a number of industries. Moscow has stated many times that to talk to Russia in the language of sanctions inappropriate And unproductive. The number of authorized EU also negatively opposed new sanctions for Russia, as it would adversely affect the economy of the EU countries.
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