Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative Zhao Lijian. File photoBEIJING, Aug 16Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian pointed out that 85% of the world's population «did not impose sanctions on Russia.» «Only the majority represent the international community,» he wrote on Twitter , accompanying the publication with a picture with a pie chart, according to which 85% of the world population “did not impose sanctions against Russia”, and the remaining 15% “imposed sanctions” against the Russian Federation. After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, the West increased sanctions pressure on Russia, which led to higher prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people.
