Russian Ambassador to Italy Sergey RazovROME, Feb 16Western sanctions against Russia do not apply due to the situation around Ukraine and are being introduced pointlessly, believes Russian Ambassador to Rome Sergey Razov. There is no causal relationship between what is happening in or around Ukraine and the sanctions that are being introduced, in our opinion, pointlessly,” he said in an interview that aired on the Italian Rai 1 TV channel on Tuesday evening. .
Speaking of Russian gas supplies to Italian consumers, Razov recalled the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who assured Italian leader Mario Draghi of his readiness to increase their volumes if necessary. the Italian side and Gazprom-Export with the Russian side. They have commercial relations, there is a practice of ordering the necessary volumes, so I think that it is better to address the issues of specific, monthly deliveries. There is no politics here,» he said, answering a question about the drop in supplies to the Apennines in January. Relations between the Russian Federation and Western countries deteriorated due to the situation in Ukraine and around Crimea, which became part of the Russian Russia after the referendum on the peninsula. The West, accusing the Russian Federation of interfering, imposed sanctions against it, Moscow took retaliatory measures, headed for import substitution and repeatedly stated that talking to it in the language of sanctions is counterproductive. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and a subject of the Minsk settlement agreements. Ukraine