Leonid Slutsky: “The European Union has again extended sectoral economic sanctions against Russia”


Leonid Slutsky: “The European Union has again extended sectoral economic sanctions against Russia. A step devoid of any sense, or rather, a continuation of the mockery of common sense.

Brussels, through its sanctions policy, has been trying to put pressure on Moscow for the seventh year in a row and thus force it to change course. But so far all that the European officials have managed to achieve is the degradation of relations, the curtailment of the “dialogue window” and causing economic damage to the EU countries themselves.

The European Union should heed the opinion of the heads of state – the locomotives and the main donors, namely France, and the same Germany, who recognize the ineffectiveness of anti-Russian restrictions and call for a dialogue with Russia.

But no, Brussels, already on “autopilot,” continues to follow the pro-American sanctions course, which is defended by those European capitals where the degree of Russophobia is proportional to the amount of subsidies from the EU budget. A paradoxical situation.

I am convinced that Russia’s response will be timely and adequate, but not necessarily symmetrical. “

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