The Kremlin said about the ability of Russia to "pull up" in the confrontation with the West

Peskov answered in the affirmative to the question about the possibility of "coping" in the confrontation with the West,despite the fact that the USSR did not succeed Dmitry Peskov

RUSSIA will be able to withstand the current confrontation with the West, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on the air of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on the TV channel “Russia 1”, RIA Novosti reports.

“We can,” he said, answering the question whether Russia would be able to “get along” with the Western world, if the USSR had failed to do so at one time.

The Kremlin promised to respond to new sanctions "as it sees fit" Politics

Western countries, including the European Union and the United States , have already introduced several packages of sanctions against Moscow since the end of February. The restrictions, among other things, affected the top officials of the state, industrial and financial organizations, as well as about half of the international reserves of the Central Bank.

On April 17, the HEAD of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the European Union was developing the next, sixth package of sanctions against Russia because of the military operation in Ukraine. The measures could include further restrictions against the banking sector, she said.

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Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that at the moment “the state of relations between the Russian Federation and the Western world, the Anglo-Saxon civilization in the broad sense of the word, led by the United States of America, is worse than, probably, in 1960-1970, this without any doubt".

At the same time, Medvedev pointed out, there is an important difference between this and the current period: in those years, sanctions were not imposed on the leaders of countries, as they are now. The deputy chairman emphasized the "meaninglessness" and "absurdity" of the restrictive measures.

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Peskov also said that in order to reassess relations with Russia, the European Union needs to “sober up from American bourbon.” He noted that NATO today has become an instrument of confrontation, and not a "dove of peace." “This weapon of confrontation has been moving closer and closer to our borders every day,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

In turn, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov warned that the actions of Western countries against the backdrop of Russia's military operation in Ukraine are dangerous and provocative and could lead to a direct military confrontation between Moscow and Washington. He called obvious the desire of NATO to use Ukrainian territory to create a springboard in the fight against Russia.