Russia will not cut itself off from world: Medvedev

Reuters

Published Jan 14, 2015 05:01AM ET

Russia will not cut itself off from world: Medvedev

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not cut itself off from the world because any return to the past would be a "monstrous mistake", Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.

Medvedev, whose country has been hit by Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis that have aggravated an economic crisis, told a conference the central bank had all the instruments it needed to secure the stability of the rouble.