The ambassador to the United States declared Russia's unwillingness to be a "jungle" in the hands of the West

Antonov noted that the United States is not ready to put up with the new reality, which requires taking into account the opinion of all countries. According to him, they seek to make “raw material appendages” out of those who disagree, but RUSSIAunwilling to accept this role

The United States, trying to maintain its elusive geo-economic dominance, singles out any countries that disagree with them, including Russia, as "raw material appendages". However, many are no longer ready to be satisfied with the role of "the jungle advancing on the blossoming garden" of the West assigned to them, said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov in an interview with Kommersant.

According to him, the White House, "accustomed to the zero-sum game," is not ready to put up with a new reality that requires taking into account the views of all countries. “By inertia, [the United States] continues to think in terms of consumer categories, relegating the rest of the players outside the “golden billion” to the fate of raw material appendages. In this sense, the past year has finally dispelled all illusions not only for us, but also for developing economies that are not ready to be content with the role of the “jungle advancing on the blooming garden” of Western civilization assigned to them,” Antonov emphasized.

In addition, the diplomat pointed out that the attempts of the United States and its allies "to punish us for such unheard of impudence as protection" have completely failed. He called Washington's actions destabilizing, and the "stealing" of Russian assets - a violation of the "vaunted" principle of private property.

“The apogee of the destructive initiatives of the Westerners under the auspices of Washington is the use of terrorist methods for their own opportunistic purposes. You don’t have to look far for an example: the explosions that destroyed the Nord Streams stretched with great difficulty along the bottom of the Baltic Sea were precisely terrorist attacks,” the ambassador added.

Nevertheless, despite all the US attempts to bring down the Russian economy, it survived, Antonov continued. According to him, even in the West, "albeit reluctantly," they recognize the high professionalism of the Russian government and financial regulators, who managed to stabilize the banking sector and the foreign exchange sector.

After the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Western countries imposed sanctions against Moscow , including against the Russian Central Bank. Because of this, assets worth about $300 billion were frozen, the largest banks were disconnected from SWIFT, and the ruble exchange rate and the Russian stock market fell to record levels in March.

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Nevertheless, already in mid-December 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that by the end of the year, the decline in GDP could be 2.5% against 20%, which economists predicted at the beginning of the conflict. In January, the International Monetary Fund also revised its forecast for changes in Russian GDP in 2023 from minus 2.3% to plus 0.3%.

The Russian side considers the sanctions illegal and notes that the freezing of Moscow's assets is similar to a robbery. “Theft of other people’s assets has never brought anyone to good, especially those who are engaged in this unseemly business,” Putin said. The president also repeatedly accused Washington of striving for a unipolar world, "ugly forms" of neo-colonialism and imposing its own values.