Kremlevskaya embankment in Moscow. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 16US attempts to strangle Russia with sanctions are failing, international experts, including those from America, have already recognized this, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. … listen to international experts and experts in these countries, including in America, who are now already saying that something is not working out with these strangulation attempts,» he said. After the start of the Russian special operation to liberate Donbass, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow. Some countries announced the freezing of Russian assets, many brands left the country. The European Union has already adopted six packages of sanctions, which, in particular, provide for the gradual introduction of an embargo on the import of coal and oil. The Kremlin called what is happening an economic war, the likes of which have not yet been. As Vladimir Putin stated, 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 United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Inflation in the US and EU is on the rise
