According to Russian media reports, recently, Russian Financial Services Administration officially announced that lists a US technology company Meta as a "terrorist and extremist" . At the same time, all assets of Meta in Russia will be frozen by Russian Bank . In addition, the company's accounts and related personnel will not be able to enjoy any services of the Russian Bank.
On the same day, Putin also signed a presidential decree announcing the extension of counter-sanctions against food in many Western countries, including the United States, until the end of 2023. In fact, as early as 2014, Russia introduced this food counter-sanctions measure and announced a ban on importing various types of foods including meat, dairy products from the United States, , EU, and other places.
When the sanctions on Meta were announced, Russia also issued decrees to add many US communication software and companies, such as Facebook , Ins, etc. to the list of "extreme organizations", and it is not allowed to carry out any services or activities in Russia.
Russia also gave reasons for this. The report pointed out that Russia believes that these companies have repeatedly spread false remarks about Russia on public platforms and condoned others to maliciously attack Russian citizens.
Although the reasons for Russia's sanctions have been denied by Meta, the company believes that all kinds of behaviors targeting Russia and its citizens are just protecting "freedom of speech." It even filed a lawsuit with the Russian court, but was completely rejected.
These sanctions measures are not without warning in advance. In fact, Russia has already made its attitude clear and did what it says. According to the Russian News Agency, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Riyabkov has also issued warnings many times that if Western countries continue to aid Ukraine in the military field, they will be counter-attacked by Russia, and the United States has indeed not stopped providing weapons to Ukraine in the near future.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said bluntly in an interview with the Russian News Agency that now has more evidence to show that military personnel from the United States and other Western countries are operating in Ukraine. Although the Russian side cannot fully confirm this information, there is no doubt that Western countries are participating in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict more deeply.
Based on the statements and actions of both Russia and the United States, the two sanctions imposed on the United States within one day cannot be ruled out as a signal to launch countermeasures against the United States. If the United States continues to ignore Russia's warning, it may also bear more countermeasures from Russia in the future.
It is worth mentioning that just as Russia announced these sanctions, after the Russian Federal Security Bureau determined the Crimea Bridge incident organized by Ukrainian agents on the 11th local time, 12 people involved in the planning of the attack have been found, and 8 of them have been arrested in accordance with the law.
According to the information currently released by the Russian Security Bureau, the source of the explosives is Ukraine Odessa , the paths are Bulgaria , Georgia and Armenia 3 countries. After several transfers, the explosives and devices weighing 22 tons were finally brought to the middle of the Crimea Bridge by a truck and exploded.
According to relevant information released by the Russian side, the person involved in this time includes citizens of Russia, Ukraine and Armenia. Long before the truth was fully found out, Medvedev issued a warning that Russia must take "directly eliminate" measures in response to this terrorist incident.
Now Russia has released relevant evidence and determined that this matter is related to Kiev . According to Russia's actions in recent days and Russia's previous response, if Ukraine continues to carry out such attacks on Russia, it is not ruled out that Russia will take a more tough response to Ukraine in the next step.
In one day, not only did Ukraine's terrorist operations be exposed by Russia, but the United States, as Ukraine's strongest backing, was also subject to Russia's sanctions. Russia's various targeted actions were actually only launched after warning the United States and Ukraine.
To a certain extent, this not only shows that the "hard response" mentioned by Russia before is not just a statement, but also Russia seems to be sending out a certain signal through these specific actions - that is, Russia will not choose to make concessions at this stage.
Based on the current statements and actions of Russia, Ukraine and its allies, the situation in Russia and Ukraine and the US-Russia relations seem to be further deviating from the track of peace and moving towards a dangerous direction. What caused this situation was mainly Western countries such as the stubborn Ukraine and the United States that fanned the flames.
Under such a tense situation, these Western countries continue to support Ukraine despite Russia's warnings. From the perspective of the United States, it is still continuing to support Ukraine in terms of actions, but in terms of remarks, Biden frequently emphasizes that it is believed that Russia will not use nuclear weapons . To put it bluntly, the United States is still testing Russia's bottom line, but it is undoubtedly dangerous to do so.
