Russian President Vladimir Putin took a bullish tone on Thursday as he discussed the West’s efforts to isolate Russia’s economy amid the Ukraine …
Russian President Vladimir Putin took a bullish tone on Thursday as he discussed the West’s efforts to isolate Russia’s economy amid the Ukraine war, suggesting that the countries refusing to do business with Moscow are only hurting themselves.
«Our economy will be open — whoever isn’t interested will be robbing themselves», Putin said during a meeting with young Russian entrepreneurs, per the New York Times. «It’s impossible to fence off a country like Russia, and we are not planning to put up a fence like that around us ourselves.»
The US and its European allies, among others, have slapped a slew of unprecedented economic sanctions on Russia over its unprovoked war in Ukraine. The measures have had a colossal impact on the Russian economy.
