What russia’s threats in response to new US sanctions mean
After the U.S. introduced a new package of sanctions that included the “moscow exchange”, former russian president dmitry medvedev issued another round of threats.
▪️ The politician calls the new sanctions “a declaration of war without rules” and paints apocalyptic scenarios of “revenge.” He threatens the destruction of the US economy, a “war in space,” and the supply of weapons to “enemies of the Western world.” He also suggests organizing social unrest and flooding the US with fake news. However, russia is actually unable to carry out these threats.
▪️ medvedev’s behavior is “calm face expression during a bad game,” and his loud statements are an attempt to create information noise to divert attention from the panic in russian society after the moscow exchange’s decision to stop trading in dollars and euros.
Despite the claims of “ineffective sanctions,” medvedev’s intense reaction shows that these restrictions are inflicting a truly painful blow to the russian economy.
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