Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 19International companies are intimidated by the chaotic and senseless policies the US is following in imposing sanctions on Russia, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said. business and ordinary citizens. Financial institutions and international companies, intimidated by American regulators, are afraid to carry out even routine operations,» Antonov said. According to him, businessmen are so afraid of the US punitive authorities that they are not affected by attempts to explain the envisaged exceptions to the sanctions regime, in particular, in the food sector. The Russian diplomat concluded that the logical result that the United States was able to «achieve» was an additional destabilization of the world economy, which, in the context of the ongoing consequences of the pandemic, is already going through hard times.» instigators of sanctions madness,» he added. According to Antonov, only obsession with restrictions does not allow Washington to realize that the chosen strategy has failed, and attempts to «tear to shreds» the Russian economy have failed. 
The EP said that anti-Russian sanctions harm the West more than Moscow
