22/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - Moscow ready to confront new sanctions. Russia is ready to confront the new sanctions from the West which affect key sectors of Russia's economy, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev told the Duma on Tuesday 22 April. “It's the road to nowhere, but if some of our Western partners nevertheless decide to commit to this, we will have no other choice than to confront it with our own strength. And we will win”, he said, stating that he was “convinced that we will be able to minimise their consequences”. “Of course, we are not giving up on the cooperation with foreign companies, especially from Western countries. But we will be ready to confront the unfriendly measures”, Medvedev added. He stated that the sectors that could be affected by the measures would receive the “necessary support” from the government (our translation). (CG)