Former Russian President Says Sanctions Against Us "Will Change Nothing"

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting in Moscow, on February 22. (Yekaterina Shtukina/Sputnik/Government Pool Photo/AP)  

Daily Mail: 'We don't NEED diplomatic relations with the West': Ex-Russian president Medvedev shrugs off crippling sanctions as he suggests 'padlocking the embassies' and engaging only through 'binoculars and gun sights' 

* Vladimir Putin's all-out invasion of Ukraine has been condemned worldwide 

* EU and US slapped sanctions on banks and Kremlin cronies while major sports have pulled events and the Council of Europe suspended Russia's membership 

* Ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said Russians 'don't need diplomatic relations' 

* In social media post he suggested 'padlock the embassies' and engaging only through 'binoculars and gun sights' 

Russia doesn't really need diplomatic ties with the West anymore, ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said as he shrugged off crippling sanctions imposed on Moscow over its all-out invasion of Ukraine. 

Vladimir Putin is facing a wave of sanctions and international condemnation for the 'unprovoked and unjustified' attack which is now its in third day. 

Britain, the US and EU leaders have punished the Russian state with economic sanctions on several state-owned companies and banks and targeted members of Putin's inner circle of Kremlin cronies.  

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Update: Sanctions against us "will change nothing," says former Russian president (CNN)  

WNU Editor: This is what I mean when I say Russians are circling their wagons.

Update #2: Russia doesn’t plan to recall ambassadors from European countries — diplomat (TASS).