“We are a fairly large country and very, very self-sufficient, in order to be vulnerable to these sanctions, you must understand,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He also added that the US is "forced to live under sanctions" while Russia develops its domestic production and economy to make up for the shortage of imported parts and components.
“We produce ourselves, which accelerates our national economy,” the Kremlin spokesman emphasized.
At the end of December, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian side did not intend to humiliate itself and ask the West to lift illegal unilateral sanctions.