Medvedev wrote about the "engine of the service economy" of the West flying into the wall

According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council, without Russian resources, Western countries will not be able to provide citizens with food and warmth. He noted

Western countries are beginning to understand that without Russian resources they will not be able to avoid inflation and economic decline, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, said on Telegram.

According to him, some Western partners "began to realize" that without Russia they would not be able to get food, fertilizer and energy to "warm their citizens." In addition, without Russian fuel for nuclear power plants, up to 40% of Americans risk being left without electricity, Medvedev added.

“We are waiting for autumn… when we will have to harvest the main sanctions harvest. In the meantime, the locomotive of their economy of services and digital currencies is flying into the wall at full steam, ”concluded the deputy chairman of the Security Council.

The Ministry of Finance in connection with the sanctions classified budget expenditures in the areas of Economics

Since the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, many countries, including the US and the EU, have already introduced several packages of sanctions against Moscow. Washington, in particular, imposed an embargo on the import of Russian oil . Following the United States, the European Union introduced a partial oil embargo. The ban on gas supplies was not included in the new package of sanctions.

In early June , US President Joe Biden said that Americans were forced to pay a "Putin tax" on fuel and food. So he commented on the report of the US Department of Labor, according to which consumer prices in the country rose by 8.6% in annual terms in May, which is the largest increase since December 1981.

In addition, record inflation in May was recorded in Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and other European countries.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin , in turn, stated that Western errors in economic policy and "illegitimate sanctions" led to global inflation, increased poverty and food shortages.

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