Medvedev was asked
what sanctions could be imposed on Russia in the future and how they can affect
the country’s economy.
KRONOTSKY NATURE
RESERVE /Kamchatka/, August 10. /TASS/. The possible tightening up of economic
sanctions against Russia may be treated as a declaration of economic war, which
must be responded by all economic, political and other means possible, Russian
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said during his visit to the Far Eastern
Kamchatka Peninsula.
During his visit to
the Kronotsky State Nature Reserve, Medvedev was asked what sanctions could be
imposed on Russia in the future and how they can affect the country’s economy.
"I would like
not to comment on the talks about future sanctions, but there is one thing I
can say: if measures like a ban on banking activities or the use of this or
that currency follows, this can be clearly be described as a declaration of an
economic war. And this war will have to be responded - by economic, political
and, if necessary, other means. And our American partners should realize
this," the prime minister said.
Speaking about
sanctions currently in place and those recently announced, Medvedev said that
despite the declared political reasons behind them, those measures are intended
mostly "to limit our economic power."
"In the past
hundred of years, our country existed in the conditions of the constant
pressure of sanctions. Why is this being done? In order to eliminate Russia
from the list of powerful rivals on the international arena," he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
10-08-2018
