“I think of our people, who will need resilience to face the times ahead, to face uncertainty.
We must be ready to pay a price for our freedom and our values," TASS quoted him as saying.
The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, earlier in his blog urged the people of Europe to show strategic patience so that sanctions against Russia prove their effectiveness.
According to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia harm European countries.