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Vladimir Putin: West cannot isolate Russia and send it back in time
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MOSCOW, 19 July 2022, (TON): Russian President Vladimir Putin said “it was impossible to cut Russia off from the rest of the world, and that sanctions imposed by Western countries would not turn the clock back on Russia’s development.”
Since sending troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia has been hit with a barrage of Western sanctions, designed to isolate it from the global economy, that have deprived it of access to goods including commercial electronics, semiconductors and aircraft parts.
Putin said “not just restrictions but the almost-complete closure of access to foreign hi-tech products is being deliberately, intentionally used against our country.”
He said “it is clear that this is a huge challenge for our country, but we are not going to give up and stay in a state of disarray or, as some of our ‘well-wishers’ predict, go back decades. Of course not.”
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