Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the US that any sanctions targeting Russian banking operations and currency trade will be treated as a declaration of economic war and retaliated against by any means necessary.

“If they introduce something like a ban on banking operations or the use of any currency, we will treat it as a declaration of economic war. And we’ll have to respond to it accordingly – economically, politically, or in any other way, if required,” Medvedev said during a trip to the Kamchatka region.

“Our American friends should make no mistake about it,” he emphasized.

#Washington’s latest #sanctions have left no room for a constructive response from #Moscow – analysts https://t.co/nmikUVOaOS

— RT (@RT_com) August 9, 2018

Source: rt