Flags of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, as well as with the symbols of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). File photoMOSCOW, Mar 11Anti-Russian sanctions will hit Moscow's partners in the Eurasian Union with a sledgehammer, but the Russian Federation is counting on solidarity, while Moscow is not going to impose any decisions, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister said on Friday Alexander Pankin in an interview with Izvestiya.
"Of course, the sanctions against Russia are not just a rebound, but, probably, a sledgehammer hit our allies, the closest economic and trade partners in the Eurasian space. And the topic of sanctions and their relief has been on our Eurasian agenda for a long time", said the Deputy Minister.
According to him, “it’s hard to imagine who will replace Russia in the EAEU markets, given the fact that we have free movement of goods, services, capital, labor.” “We count on the solidarity of our Eurasian partners, we hope that in these difficult times we will be able to There are a whole host of tools that, as we warned, should be introduced, and they were used — settlements in national currencies, the possibility of attracting our regional development banks for financing,» Pankin said.
The Deputy Foreign Minister explained why the sanctions would hit their initiatorsHe added that «our Eurasian partners will be wiped from us in every possible way — this is not hidden, this is happening in the course of the total isolation of Russia.» But we we hope that the interdependence of our interests and the inevitability of the fact that we must develop together will prevail in the mood … No one oppresses anyone, no one imposes anything on anyone — no big , not small big ones,» the deputy minister concluded.
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