Russia will seek a symmetric response to fresh penalties U.S. against private individuals and legal entities, said the Minister of economic development Alexei Ulyukayev.
"These penalties are of a personal nature, they are directed against individuals and individual organizations and are not sectoral in nature, for this reason, I think that it will look for any symmetric answer ", - has declared the Minister of economic development.
The speaker did not explain how the punishment of the West have already cost the Russian economy." How much cost of punishment to the Russian economy ? this is a complex issue, there are short term impacts associated with the financial markets, with the exchange rate, but there is a more positive long-term consequences associated with import substitution, support production", - has explained the Minister, RIA " Novosti ". The speaker has held meetings with the Minister of foreign Affairs of France Laurent Fabius and Minister of economy and industry Emmanuel Makron, which are not the subject of punishment." We specifically did not raise this information with the Ministers of economy and foreign Affairs, because We believe that the problem lies entirely in the plane of our colleagues, sanctions pouch unleashed't We, and they, ? and tie them. For this reason, We believe that there is, as of the Givens, but We are trying to detect the exit of a large number of issues even in these conditions, it can be ", - has graduated from the Minister. On Wednesday, the Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov said that fresh American punishment against the factories of the Russian military-industrial complex aimed at worsening relations with Moscow. Remember that enhanced the punishment, announced on July 30 the United States about the Residents and organizations of Russia and Ukraine, entered into force on 10 August.

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