Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former president of Russia, agreed to threats of war against France.

"There, some French minister said today that they have declared economic war on us. Watch your language, gentlemen! And do not forget that economic wars have often escalated into real wars in the history of mankind," he wrote on his Twitter page.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today, 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</p>&mdash; Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) <a href="https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1498619523045511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>