Medvedev said that Western countries will regret breaking ties with Russia in the scientific field

He stated this at a meeting of the presidium of the Council for Science and Education.

“Unfortunately, through no fault of ours, a number of quite positive processes have been blocked, which we have successfully supported and developed in the field of scientific and technical cooperation, in the educational sphere,” Medvedev is quoted by TASS.

Medvedev called the attempts of Western countries to isolate Russia, as well as to freeze a number of promising undertakings in this area, "stupid."

“Actually, it’s okay, we will live without them, but they will lose all their positions with us and will later regret it bitterly,” he concluded.

Earlier it was reported that the United States will ban the export, re-export and sale of quantum computing services to Russia from October 15.

Academician Gennady Krasnikov, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Quantum Technologies", General Director of JSC "NIIME", expressed confidence that the US sanctions will not significantly affect the development of quantum computing.