Russia warned against intentional sponsorship of events in Bucha
“We will react accordingly to any similarly unfriendly act,” the diplomat said in statements to the Sputnik news agency on Wednesday.
He added that any single hostile action will face Moscow’s “most effective response” according to its impact.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry explained that this type of action by the West “de facto causes bilateral relations to falter”.
“Of course there are formulations such as breaking off a relationship, lowering the level of relationships, but in understandable language it is a deep freezing of relationships,” he clarified.
According to Zajárova, the sanctions, restrictions and illegal actions that the West is imposing against Russia require attention and monitoring in terms of diplomatic and consular work.
Since the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on February 24 until yesterday, western countries have declared a total of 315 Russian diplomats from Europe and the United States persona non grata, the TASS news agency reported.
In recent weeks, national authorities have approved a range of economic and financial provisions to deal with the more than 6,300 foreign measures imposed on the country.
According to the Castellum.AI database, more than 4,350 new restrictive measures related to Russia have been activated since mid-February, in addition to more than 2,750 that were already in force.
The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan and European Union countries have imposed new sanctions on Moscow following the military operation in Ukraine, targeting key sectors such as trade, finance, energy, exports, aerospace.
The restrictions included the partial disconnection of Russian banks from the Swift international payments system, the closure of airspace to its airlines, the paralysis of the central bank’s international reserves, and Washington’s embargo on oil purchases.
They were also extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other senior officials and businessmen, affecting their property, businesses and travel opportunities.
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