Medvedev said that the actions of the West will consolidate the Russians

Russian society, due to its "worldview" against the backdrop of sanctions and pressure, is consolidating rather than disunited, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“People who generate these decisions [on sanctions] absolutely do not understand our mentality, they do not understand the attitude of the Russian person in the broadest sense of the word. They do not understand the motives that when such pressure is applied - and this pressure is not on large entrepreneurs, not on big business, this is pressure on everyone and everyone - society is consolidated, ”the politician said. He called it "the weak point of these stupid sanctions."

Medvedev also pointed out that Western sanctions are aimed at hurting the country's citizens, turning them "against the course of the state leadership" and creating "problems for the authorities." According to the politician, nevertheless, people will still remain on the side of the state.

“Even those who were offended in some situation or believed that they paid little attention, or some wrong decisions were made, in this situation he says:“ Well, yes, yes, they probably made a mistake in something. But in general, in this situation, I will stand for the state. I will be the conductor of the state course,” Medvedev said.