Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Security Council Department, said that Western sanctions against Russia could be qualified as an act of international aggression. Previously, he called the act of aggression of one of the reasons for the possible application of the Russian Federation of nuclear weapons. It is reported by RBC.
“Cake in the current situation can be qualified as an act of aggression against the Russian Federation, as one of the forms of the hybrid war. In this case, the state that has undergone aggression, that is, Russia has the right to individual and collective defense within the framework of Russia. National legislation and international law. No one should have doubts that Russia will use this right in those forms and limits that it considers appropriate, “Medvedev said.
Recall, on March 26, Medvedev said that Russia can apply nuclear weapons in four cases. One of them, he called “Act of aggression against Russia or its allies, as a result of which the country would be threatened.”