Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with a group of businessmen, said, according to the Russian news agency TASS, that “Russia should not have incentives for foreign companies that undermine domestic production.”

He noted that “the world is changing, and changing rapidly. Any country, any nation, any ethnic group must guarantee its sovereignty”, believing that “if a country or group of countries is not able to make sovereign decisions, it is already somewhat colonized, and not a colony has historical prospects and chances of survival in such a complex geopolitical fight.” Putin indicated that he did not want to name some countries “so as not to offend anyone.”

Putin emphasized that “Russia has not had and will not have a closed economy”, explaining that “Russia will not follow the same path as the Soviet Union and its economy will remain open”, noting that “Russia cannot be besieged”, stressing that “if this continues.” fertilizers and energy carriers have risen in price in Western countries as a result of their mistakes.” He also saw that “it is impossible to surround a country like Russia with a fence from the outside. We will not build such a fence around ourselves,” he said, stating that “if someone tries to limit us, they limit themselves.”