The vice president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, criticized this Sunday the statements of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who threatened to impose more sanctions on Moscow, trying to hinder the negotiations that Russia is carrying out with Ukraine.
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In a post on his official Telegram channel, Medvedev called von der Leyen “the European aunt”, whom he accused of wanting to hinder the process of negotiations with Ukraine, “its main meaning is no longer about the suffering of exhausted people, neither about the end of a special military operation, nor about the long-awaited peace in Ukraine, but about Russia’s failure to fulfill its obligations,” he said.
He refers to recent statements by von der Leyen, who from the European Commission maintains that Russia’s bankruptcy is “a matter of time.”
At the same time, the president of the European Commission admitted that the bloc is considering imposing measures against the Russian banking sector, “specifically Sberbank, which represents 37 percent of the banking sector” in that country, as part of new sanctions for the intervention of Ukraine since last February.
“We continue to consider the banking sector. And, of course, the energy sector is discussed,” the head of the European Commission said on Sunday about a sixth round of sanctions, speaking to the German newspaper Bild.
Meanwhile, Medvedev rejected the threats of the European bloc, “this is the profound strategy of the European Union, the secret intention of the Brussels masochists and their partners in the games on the other side of the ocean,” he added.
In this sense, he warned that “Russia’s default could lead to Europe’s default. Sanctions against Russia can cause hyperinflation in (the continent). Both moral and, very possibly, material. The EU’s financial system is not entirely stable. , people’s confidence is falling. And it didn’t shake that much even in the memorable 2008, and then it was very difficult,” he explained.
Medvedev went further in his remarks on the matter, saying “Expect powerful gratitude from ordinary Europeans for hyperinflation, which can no longer be blamed on the evil Russians, for the lack of basic goods in stores and for the influx of refugees. , which will provoke a wave of violent crimes worse than the Albanian one. Then the uncles and aunts of Brussels will have to change their rhetoric. Otherwise, on the streets of well-kept European cities, smelly bonfires made of tires will burn in honor of the heroes of Maidan and Great Peremoga over Europe”.
The European Union has announced that it is analyzing a new package of sanctions against Russia, which could become effective this week.