Russia is not expecting a soon change in the hostile policies it’s subject to, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the country’s Security Council, adding that Moscow is not going to "trade its sovereignty", RT.com reports.
"We cannot expect a change in the hostile policies of some of our geopolitical opponents in the immediate future," Putin said.
The countries who initiated anti-Russian sanctions, according to Russian president provoked the Ukrainian crisis, and now they don't even try to analyze what is happening.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev declared that the pressure on Russia is aimed at changing the country’s leadership.
"Sanctions toward Russia are aimed at reducing our economic potential, to influence the policy we have been conducting. Well, in fact, to change the leadership in our country," he said.