Putin announced the West's attempts to exhaust the Russian economy with new sanctions

All attempts by the United States and its allies to contain and isolate RUSSIA have failed, President Vladimir Putin wrote in an article for the North Korean newspaper Nodong Sinmun ahead of his visit to the DPRK, scheduled for June 18-19.

“[The United States and its allies] are trying to exhaust our economy with ever new sanctions and provoke an increase in socio-political tension within the country. But no matter how hard they tried, all their attempts to contain and isolate Russia failed,” said the HEAD of state.

Russia continues to confidently increase its economic potential, develop industry, technology, infrastructure, science, education, and culture, the president noted in conclusion.

Russia considers Western sanctions illegal. Putin has repeatedly spoken about the failure of such measures. In October 2023, the president said that the country had overcome the problems caused by sanctions. A month earlier, he announced the completion of the economic recovery.

However, despite the positive dynamics in the economy, sanctions imposed by the West could negatively affect it in the medium term, the president warned. For this reason, the return of the economy to the growth trajectory should not “relax,” Putin believes.