He said this in an interview with Euronews.

“And the sanctions against the banking sector are really a declaration of a trade war, these are the most severe sanctions,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, the prime minister expressed confidence that Russia is able to cope with this kind of pressure, but policies based on such restrictions lead to the destruction of the world economic order.

“The question is precisely that it destroys the international order, including the international economic order,” he added.

Earlier it became known that the International Monetary Fund predicts the acceleration of Russia's GDP growth against the background of a slowing global economy. According to analysts, the optimistic view of the fund may indicate that there are no serious concerns about the potential introduction of new anti-Russian sanctions.