Harbin. File photo BEIJING, Jun 1 Russian and Chinese companies cope with the costs incurred due to Western sanctions, many in China regarded the withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market as a good opportunity for their business, said in an interview with RIA Novosti Consul General of the Russian Federation in Harbin Vladimir Oshchepkov. «If we talk about the impact of Western sanctions on cross-border Russian-Chinese cooperation, as they say, there is a blessing in disguise. On the one hand, entrepreneurs in China and Russia are forced to abandon their usual patterns of work, primarily in However, these costs did not become an insurmountable obstacle to bilateral cooperation,» the diplomat said. Moreover, he added, «many in China regarded the withdrawal of Western companies from the Russian market as a good opportunity for their business.» imposed new sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. 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.
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