The Russian economy will endure US sanctions if they are introduced, said Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov in an interview with RBC.
“In general, we will withstand those restrictions that are discussed today, but I think that it should not come true,” said Siluanov.
As noted by the Russian minister, in any situation, when foreign states take sanctions against Russia, the task of fiscal policy is to minimize the influence of these restrictions on the country’s economy and the welfare of Russians. The state must fulfill all its obligations to citizens regardless of sanctions, the minister stressed.
According to Siluanov, Russia has already created a seat in the form of a national welfare fund, and this will help protect the country’s economy from sanctions.
RBC reminds the new project of restrictions prepared by the Democrats of the US Senate, was published on January 12. The proposed measures are associated with the situation around Ukraine. According to the draft sanctions, President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Minister of Defense, Sergey Shoigu, may be bought under restrictions. In total, the list indicates 12 posts. In addition, the President of the United States is invited in the event of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to introduce sanctions against at least three organizations from the list, which includes Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, WEB, RPPI, ICD, Alfa-Bank, Rosselkhozbank, Opening, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank, TranscapitalBank.