MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed sanctions against Russian oil and economic issues in his daily briefing on Thursday.
TASS has gathered the key statements made by the Russian presidential press secretary.
- Moscow always saw it as possible that Washington would not extend its temporary license allowing third countries to purchase Russian oil: "This was to be expected as it was a possible development."
- Russia has been under sanctions for several years so it knows how to minimize their consequences: "We have been living under sanctions for months and years; we consider them to be illegal from the standpoint of international law and we have learned ways to minimize the impact such measures have on our interests."
- The meetings on economic issues that the Russian president chairs are usually held behind closed doors and last several hours. Members of the economic bloc of the government have many proposals to speed up the economy and give it an additional boost: "All these proposals were presented. There’s often a lot of debate, which is part of normal workflow."
