June 30 (Reuters) - Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war.
"I would like to point out once again that under certain circumstances such hostile measures can also qualify as an act of international aggression. And even as a casus belli (justification for war)," Medvedev said, adding that Russia has the right to defend itself.
Russia has faced a barrage of crippling economic sanctions from Western countries in response to its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which it calls a "special military operation".
Medvedev, a former Russian president who was once seen as a liberal, has emerged as one of the most hawkish proponents of the war, delivering a series of scathing denunciations of the West.
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boomership on June 30th, 2022 at 19:02 UTC »
So one day the sanctions are completely useless or irrelevant.
And the next day WW3 should've been declared already.
INITMalcanis on June 30th, 2022 at 18:49 UTC »
"Vague ominous threats didn't work the first 137 times, but I have a good feeling about this one"
BeltfedOne on June 30th, 2022 at 18:31 UTC »
Didn't Russia's war result in the sanctions? Do they think more war will help? Are they all taking crazy pills?