Polish and EU flags. File photoWARSAW, Aug 30Poland is feeling the negative effects of anti-Russian sanctions, Michal Dworczyk, head of the Office of the Polish Prime Minister, said in an interview with Rzeczpospolita.
"We feel the consequences of sanctions — because that sanctions, we also need to be clear about this, on the one hand, strike at Russia, and this is the only way to stop the aggressor, but on the other hand, these sanctions are felt by all the countries that participate in them, and hence Poland too" ;, — said Dvorchik.
He noted that anti-Russian sanctions will affect the budget of Poland. «This budget will not be an easy budget,» he said, adding that the bill on the state budget will be the main topic of the government's meeting on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the events in Ukraine, Estonia and the European Union have imposed various sanctions against Russia. To date, seven packages of sanctions have already been introduced, the goal of which is to completely paralyze the Russian economy. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated 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 global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. In addition, Moscow has repeatedly stated that the Russian Federation will withstand the sanctions pressure.