Following the dust-up in an interview with Agence France Presse, Le Maire said he misspoke and that the term "war" was not in line with Paris' effort to de-escalate tensions regarding Russia's war with Ukraine. "We are not in a battle against the Russian people," he said. Nevertheless, Putin's government earlier in the week moved to put temporary curbs on foreigners who sought to take some of their investments out of Russia, halting an exodus of capital that was led mostly by Western-imposed economic sanctions that cut Russian banks off from the SWIFT international payments system. "What the Europeans do not realize is that Moscow sees this current crisis as an existential battle for survival. When Putin announced on TV his 'special military operation,'" he issued a stern warning, Global Research noted. "To anyone who would consider interfering from the outside – if you do, you will face consequences greater than any of you have faced in history," Putin said. Following that warning, comments Putin made in 2018 began circulating in diplomatic and media circles: "...[I]f someone decides to annihilate Russia, we have the legal right to respond. Yes, it will be a catastrophe for humanity and for the world. But I’m a citizen of Russia and its head of state. Why do we need a world without Russia in it?” Global Research went on to point out that Russia controls a large percentage of oil and gas flows into Europe, and that should the economic pressure get to be too much for Moscow, Putin can merely decide to cut the Europeans off completely, which would destroy the continent's economy and lead to mass death by freezing. But letting Putin continue to finance his war effort with Western dollars is equally counterproductive if the objective is to get him to stop his invasion. If this entire episode demonstrates anything it is this: The countries that comprise NATO are essentially neutered by reliance on Russian energy, and Putin knew this before he attacked. Sources include: GlobalResearch.ca NaturalNews.comToday, some French minister has said that they declared an economic war on Russia. Watch your tongue, gentlemen! And don’t forget that in human history, economic wars quite often turned into real ones
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) March 1, 2022
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