Evgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny plays into the hands of Russia’s enemies, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday Any attempts by Western nations to “use the domestic Russian situation to achieve their Russophobic goals,” will prove futile, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
The Japanese Ministry of Finance announced on Friday it will impose sanctions on and freeze the assets of 17 more Russian individuals, including billionaire Viktor Vekselberg. This brings the total number of Russians sanctioned by the country in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine to 61.
The way the West has treated ordinary Russians is “beyond good and evil,” Sber’s CEO has claimed “Inhumane” Western sanctions imposed on ordinary Russian investors have undermined international markets and will harm future investment prospects, the CEO of top Russian lender Sber, Herman Gref, warned on Wednesday.