Russia will adequately withstand the consequences of new European sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, June 2Responsibility for the risks of exacerbation of global food and energy problems provoked by EU sanctions will lie with Brussels and the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. of global food and energy problems will rest solely with Brussels and its political sponsors in Washington,» the statement said.Britain recognized the sanctions against Russia as reckless «It is obvious that the main elements of the next package of anti-Russian unilateral restrictions, agreed under the slogan of combating dependence on Russia, will have a self-destructive effect for the European Union. No wonder it took Brussels almost month,» the statement said. On Tuesday night, EU leaders reached a political agreement on the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, which includes, among other things, the gradual imposition of an embargo on oil imports from Russia. The ban will affect only deliveries by sea, and oil coming through the Druzhba pipeline is not subject to restrictions. But, according to the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, by the end of the year, the EU will reduce oil purchases from Russia by 90%. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy for the West, and sanctions have 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. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. sanctions against Russia