“This, of course, is our common hope that the sanctions will not stop our development, that we will be able to cope with them,” Svetov said.

In his opinion, in the current conditions, Russia needs to start looking for new "breakthrough" solutions, ways to advance, as well as intensify diplomatic activity.

The political scientist also expressed hope for the effective overcoming of the consequences of sanctions, as was the case after the introduction of restrictions in 2014.

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) Obama that the Russian economy was “torn to shreds”, it turned out that this was far from the case.

And our agriculture has risen, and industrial developments have turned out to be excellent, ”concluded the expert.

Earlier, Ryabkov said that the United States is unable to stop the development of Russia, and sanctions "stimulate the revival of Russian industry, provide our agriculture with favorable conditions for further growth."