European Union flags outside the EU headquarters in Brussels. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 1Russia will not ask the EU to lift sanctions, the country has a margin of safety, and the light has not converged on the European Union, Director of the Department of European Cooperation of the Foreign Ministry Nikolai Kobrinets said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"We will not act as petitioners — in terms of lifting sanctions. We have a margin of safety. And the European Union is not the center of the universe. The light did not converge on him like a wedge,» the diplomat said.
On February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. In response, Western countries announced large-scale restrictive measures against Moscow, primarily in the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. Separate brands announced the termination of work in the country. The Kremlin called these decisions an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been. The authorities stressed that they had prepared for such a development of events and assured that they would continue to fulfill their social obligations. The Bank of Russia is taking measures to stabilize the situation on the foreign exchange market. The authorities also announced the transfer of payments for gas supplies to unfriendly countries into rubles. In addition, the government has prepared a plan to counter sanctions, which includes about a hundred initiatives. Its funding will amount to about a trillion rubles.
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