Russia is not going to take further measures in response to the EU sanctions and the United States. This was told Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in interview to the Second channel of Israel.
The Russian head of government noted that in recent years the country has taken all necessary actions. “Sanctions are generally always bad. We were never in favour of sanctions applied to any country,” he said.
Medvedev has reminded that in Soviet times America and some other countries have repeatedly imposed restrictions against the Soviet Union. But it did not lead to any result, because the Soviet Union had its own course. Based on this, the politician is sure that the extension of sanctions exchange is the wrong way.
As for Russia’s retaliatory measures against Europe and the United States, they have already taken, stated the Prime Minister. “We have imposed a ban on the supply of food, certain types of goods from the United States of America, European Union and some acceding countries. So the race of sanctions is not a very good story,” — said Medvedev.
We will remind, relations of Russia and the West soured over the situation in Ukraine. In the summer of 2014 the European Union and the United States from individual restrictions against certain individuals and companies have moved to large-scale measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy.
In response, Moscow has restricted the import of food products from countries that have imposed sanctions against her.
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