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Russia may regard sanctions as an act of international aggression and promises answers


The “illegal” sanctions against Russia can be interpreted as an act of international aggression, warned today Dmitry Medvedevdeputy head of the Russian Security Council, who warned that Moscow has the right to “individual and collective defense”.

“Under certain circumstances, illegal sanctions can be qualified as an act of international aggression by some countries or their alliances,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

That would be the case if the sanctions seek, first of all, destroy economic independence and state sovereigntyand threaten “the very existence of the state,” added the politician, who was president of Russia in 2008-2012.

The restrictions recently adopted against Russia are illegal and part of a “hybrid warfare”he denounced, for what they suppose “a clear violation of the rights of the Russian Federation”.

“In short, as our adversaries say, this is a declaration of economic war. In this case, the state that suffered the aggression, that is Russia, has the right to individual and collective defense within the framework of national legislation and international law,” he noted.

Medvedev warned: “Let no one doubt that Russia will use this right in the forms and margins it deems appropriate.”

He insisted that the sanctions adopted outside of Article 41 of the UN are, in reality, “retaliation” not recognized by international law.

He stressed that his goal is to “profoundly weaken the (Russian) state and cause discontent with the authorities so that it is consequently overthrown.”

“The result of this pressure is usually the opposite: the consolidation of civil society around power takes place and the current political regime is strengthened,” he commented.

He warned that the Russians will concentrate their “negative emotions” against the countries that introduced the sanctions, which they will see as “enemies of Russia”.

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“Illegal sanctions, like everything in this world, are temporary and at some point they will end. Their result will be a destroyed international order and very serious consequences for the world economy and the life of some countries,” he asserted.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin estimated the sanctions imposed on his country at more than 6,000, which have been placed in the most complicated situation since the fall of the USSR in 1991.


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