Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of Saxony. Archival photoMOSCOW, 29 Jul. The Prime Minister of the Federal State of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, in an interview with the German edition of Die Zeit, called the idea of u200bu200bpermanently isolating Russia absurd and dangerous. Europe was able to build strong relations in such areas as science, culture and business,” he said. At the same time, Kretschmer advocated an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. “We must insist on negotiations. War knows only losers,” the politician is convinced. After the start of a Russian military special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, the West has stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow: Russian assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars have been frozen, the European Union has already adopted seven packages of restrictive measures, including an embargo on coal and oil. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, similar to which did not have. As President Vladimir Putin noted, sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy, and the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. According to him, the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. -for Russia
