Russia will be forced to apply the necessary measures to minimize the consequences of possible future sanctions from the United States in order to protect the country’s interests. This was stated by the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Interfax reports.
He expressed regret that the activities of the last US presidents, first Donald Trump and now Joe Biden, begin with proceedings against Russia and the imposition of sanctions. According to a Kremlin spokesman, “we are talking about literally dozens of decisions of a sanctions nature,” which makes it necessary to hedge risks.
At the same time, Peskov noted that it is difficult to predict the actions of opponents due to the unpredictability of their behavior. Therefore, he concluded, any scenario is possible.
Earlier, CNN reported that new sanctions against Russia will likely be introduced next week. The reason for them will be a report by American intelligence on Moscow’s interference in the 2020 presidential election.
The document states that the Russian authorities tried to discredit Biden and “sow discord” in American society. It is proposed to impose sanctions on Iran, but for the opposite reason. Intelligence officials believe that in the Islamic republic, on the contrary, they tried to prevent Trump from winning.
Meanwhile, as reported in early March, the main threat to the Russian economy remains a possible expansion of sanctions in connection with the situation around Alexei Navalny (founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent).
In the United States, the incident is viewed as a repeated case of the use of chemical weapons (the first is the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK). Washington in three months may impose restrictions on the Russian national debt in rubles. If this happens, American funds will have to get rid of federal loan bonds (OFZ), which threatens the Russian ruble with a collapse to record lows.