Eiffel Tower in Paris . File photoPARIS, May 9. Thierry Mariani, a member of the European Parliament from the French National Rally party, said that she receives money from sanctions against Russia, while France loses. «The Russians receive money from this embargo, and the French will lose them… Sanctions against Russia have been imposed since 2014, since the famous story with Crimea. What result did they have? Our farmers exported less. And today, Russia has never earned so much money on gas and oil,» Mariani said on the RMC TV channel. Canada imposed sanctions against 40 Russian individualsWestern countries have imposed several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the situation in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire world economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. According to him, Russia is not going to isolate itself, it cannot be strictly isolated in the modern world.
