EU and US flags on the European Parliament building in Brussels MOSCOW, Mar 12Washington's sanctions policy towards Russia is aimed at weakening the European strategy of independence and independence, as well as tying Europe to itself with economic ties, Chinese economists expressed this opinion in an interview with the Global Times. According to experts interviewed by the publication, Washington took advantage of the Russian special operation in Ukraine to force the West to sever economic ties with Moscow. At the same time, there are very «selfish» motives in the US demands for European allies to impose energy sanctions against Russia.The EU will ban the export of luxury goods to Russia, said the head of the European Commission As the Global Times writes, the United States wants to weaken the European strategy of independence, tying Europe to itself by economic ties. «The United States seeks to oust Russia and take its place as a major supplier of energy resources to Europe. This is important not only for the profits of American oil and gas companies. Another goal is much more important: to firmly tie Europe's economic interests to American ones, so that it will always be on the side of the United States in deciding Asia-Pacific issues,» Professor Li Haidong from the Institute of International Relations at the China University of Foreign Affairs told the publication. According to him, if Europe begins to buy American energy resources in large quantities, the United States will have more opportunities to interfere in the EU's independence strategy. According to the employee Institute of European Studies at the China Institute of Contemporary International Affairs Dong Yifan, efforts to lure the EU to its side in matters of energy supplies are fully consistent with the long-standing tactics of the United States, which intend to «steal» Europe from Russia. At the same time, a number of interesting details, according to Global Times , I expose t double standards of the United States in their actions to implement anti-Russian sanctions. Thus, the US ban on imports of Russian energy resources does not cover uranium, which the US badly needs to power its nuclear power plants. However, experts emphasize the existence of significant differences between the US and Europe on the ban on energy imports from Russia, which significantly weakens the impact of US bans on the Russian economy, the publication concludes. Western countries, in connection with a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, have introduced new anti-Russian sanctions, the next since 2014. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said earlier, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that are in line with Russia's interests. /2022/03/57dc0804fb3c53cb6df938762e3e0343.jpg» />Putin and Lukashenko agreed on steps to counter Western sanctions
