Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that the West has long been preparing for sanctions imposed on Russia because of Ukraine and is unlikely to remove them.
In an interview with French TF1 TV, Lavrov said: “You said that diplomats from both sides were expelled. We did not deport anyone. We did not deport anyone. The West initiated these hysterical sanctions. Isa. They are ready for a long time and these penalties are unlikely to be lifted. ”
“The United States is not doing this, at least not in public, but in communications with its allies it says that sanctions will continue when it is all over,” he said.
He noted that it was not about Ukraine acting as a tool, a “bargaining chip”, but about blocking Russia’s development.
“It prevents the West from creating the unipolar world that Washington has declared with the obedient consent of Europe. What does Europe get in this situation geopolitically? I do not know. Political analysts are now writing it from a future perspective, the real loser of this story. ” All over Europe.
Source: TASS
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