Warsaw, PolandMOSCOW, Mar 29 Poland, which demands from the rest of the EU countries to impose sanctions against Russia, has not taken any measures of economic pressure on Moscow. This statement was made in an interview with Radio ZET by former Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. «I am concerned that while the West is imposing sanctions that are painful for itself, I cannot remember what sanctions Poland has imposed,» Sikorski said, noting that official Warsaw is inactive, referring to the Constitution. Russian coal, the ex-diplomat stressed, «and then flows in a wide stream across the Polish border.» «The truth pricks the eyes,» Sikorsky summed up. Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic had prepared a «ten-point plan to support Ukraine», which proposes to disconnect all Russian banks from SWIFT, exclude the country from all international organizations, as well as to suspend visas for Russians and impose sanctions against United Russia members.FT: Increasing economic pressure on Russia could split the WestOn the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized. In response, Western countries imposed new anti-Russian sanctions, including against Russian banks and enterprises, because of Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the Russian Federation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it. Later, Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. The President also said that the United States and the European Union actually defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics.
