24 March 2014 (17:39 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Jumada l-Ula 1435/04 Farvardin 1393/24 Ding-Mao 4712
“G8 is an informal organization that does not give out any membership cards and, by its definition, cannot remove anyone. If our Western partners believe that this organizational format has been outlived, so be it!”-Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia
The members of the anti-G7 group, BRICS, have stated their economic support for Russia. Specifically, they blasted threats by the U.S./U.K. led G7, which threatened to kick Russia out of the G20: “The Ministers noted with concern, the recent media statement on the forthcoming G20 Summit to be held in Brisbane in November 2014. The custodianship of the G20 belongs to all Member States equally and no one Member State can unilaterally determine its nature and character.”-BRICS statement
It’s becoming clear that U.S. and British empire led sanctions against Russia are going to backfire: “The position of officialdom and business is that these sanctions aren’t hitting Russia very hard, while harsher economic sanctions are problematic for Western countries themselves.”-Dmitry Danilov, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences
There are already reports that people are actually increasing deposits into the Obama sanctioned Bank Rossiya, hundreds of new accounts have been opened. This is despite Visa and Mastercard suspending their services with the bank.
Russia is striking back, imposing sanctions against 13 British empire Canadian officials. They are banned from entering Russia.
Nine U.S. falsely elected member of Congress are also banned from entering Russia.
“We have repeatedly warned that sanctions are a double-edged instrument and would hit the United States like a boomerang!”-Russian Foreign Ministry