The West is using the Ukrainian conflict to weaken international prestige and influence of Russia in the world, said on Tuesday in the process of the meeting of security Council of Russia in Voronezh security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. "The West is using the conflict in Ukraine that developed into a civil war, to weaken the international prestige and influence of Russia in the world ", - said Patrushev. for this reason, according to his statement, should not count on the imminent failure of the US and its closest allies " from pressure on the Russian Federation. "On the contrary, attempts negative impact on our economy, Finance, social and political sphere will grow ", - said Patrushev. According to him, all this forms fresh for the Russian Federation risk and strategic risks. Secretary of the security Council recalled that for more than a year Russia is experiencing massive political, economic and informational pressure from the West. "An instrument of Western pressure on the Russian Federation selected Ukraine, where at the state level there is a deliberate shaping the image of the enemy in the face of Russia ", - said Patrushev. According to his statement, the growth potential for conflict along the Russian-Ukrainian border became a reality. analysis of the Secretary of the security Council, in the West there is a focus on containing Russia, the correction of its internal and external policies, the refusal of protection is vitally major national interests. Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA. The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news