Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: In response to Western sanctions, retaliatory economic measures are being developed
China News Service, March 9. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on the 9th local time, the director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bilichevsky said that in response to Western sanctions, Russia is formulating countermeasures. He also said that work has been ongoing to develop retaliatory economic measures, and that Russia’s response will be swift, thorough and sensitive to those being retaliated against.
On March 1, in the business hall of a local bank in Moscow, Russia, customers were waiting for business.Photo by China News Agency reporter Tian Bing
According to the report, regarding the issue of Western sanctions, Bilichevsky said in an interview, “The work of formulating retaliatory economic measures has been going on, and it has basically not been disclosed to the public at the research stage. However, no one should doubt that Russia The response will be prompt, thoughtful and sensitive to the person being retaliated against.”
“Obviously, there will also be targeted trade and financial retaliatory restrictions in place,” he added.
On the 24th local time, Russia announced its decision to take special military action against Ukraine. The Kremlin said the goal of the operation was to demilitarize Ukraine. Western countries immediately imposed a number of sanctions on Russia, involving aviation, economy and other aspects.