About 20,000 sanctions slapped on Russian economy by collective West — MFA
According to Alexander Pankin, this never-ending sanctions campaign carried out by the US and the EU is aimed at making Russia "weak," to the point of "collapse" | The countries of the collective West have imposed about 20,000 sanctions against Russia's economy, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told a round table in the Federation Council’s upper house of parliament.
💬 "About 20,000 various restrictive sanctions have already been imposed on Russia. Actually, they cannot be called sanctions, because sanctions are a legitimate measure introduced by the [UN] Security Council, while these are unilateral restrictive measures," the diplomat said.
According to Pankin, this never-ending sanctions campaign carried out by the US and the EU is aimed at making Russia "weak," to the point of "collapse".