A high-ranking Russian official issued a warning to the worldwide neighborhood, saying that the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse from the ebook of Revelation within the bible's New Testomony have already began their journey as Russia's invasion of Ukraine reaches 100 days.

Russian Safety County Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev stated in a latest interview that "one can imagine that the horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their approach and all hope is in Almighty God," the Russian-state run information company TASS reported.

Medvedev added that issues have already been set in movement, "nevertheless, one can nonetheless attempt to tone down this worldwide state of affairs."

TASS reported that Medvedev's feedback throughout an interview with Al Jazeera TV had been in response to one in every of his Telegram posts in Could by which he talked about 10 penalties of Russian sanctions which were put in place all through the world because the invasion started.

Russian official warns of horsemen of Apocalypse
Russian Safety Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned in an interview that the biblical 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their approach because of sanctions. Above, Medvedev speaks to members of the safety council in Moscow on February 21, 2022. ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Pictures

The U.S. Treasury Division on Thursday introduced a brand new sequence of sanctions in opposition to Russia, together with one which focused the yacht Russian President Vladimir Putin used to fulfill with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

In February, the U.S. and allies in Europe agreed to take away sure Russian banks from the SWIFT banking system. In one other blow to Russia's economic system, in March, U.S. President Joe Biden issued a ban on Russian oil within the nation.

Additionally in March, the U.S. and the U.Okay. introduced sanctions on greater than 20 Russian tech and media corporations in addition to 13 people.

Sanctions have had a unfavorable impression on Russia's economic system. In the course of the first three months of the 12 months, it skilled slower than anticipated financial progress. In April, the U.Okay. stated it believed Russian would undergo its deepest recession because the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Regardless of Medvedev's warning, he stated all will not be misplaced.

"We're able to have a dialogue on all points, however a respectful one which takes under consideration our sovereignty, our issues, and is geared toward creating indivisible safety; not within the pursuits of particular person nations, however indivisible safety," he stated, based on TASS.

"After which these 10 penalties could be diminished—if now we have the fitting discussions, if we negotiate in the fitting approach."

Newsweek reached out to the Russian and Ukrainian international ministries for remark.