New York. Archival photoMOSCOW, 7 Jun. The anti-Russian sanctions policy of the West has hit the US itself and its allies, the former Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mohsen Pakayin, said in a column for Javan. considered themselves the guardians or guarantors of the notorious world security,» Pakayin said. The diplomat pointed out that the US and the EU first escalated on the territory of Ukraine by provocations, and then imposed sanctions against Moscow, stating that in this way they want to achieve a cessation of hostilities in the former Soviet
"Peace, however, they did not achieve, but they paralyzed economic life on the scale of the entire planet", he wrote.
The authors of anti-Russian sanctions in the West miscalculated, Zakharova saidWestern countries have introduced new restrictions against Russia due to a special operation in Ukraine. Last week, the European Union approved the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, which, in particular, provides for the gradual introduction of an embargo on oil imports. The ban applies only to deliveries by sea, pipeline oil is not subject to restrictions. Nevertheless, the EU expects to give up almost 90 percent of purchases by the end of the year. President Vladimir Putin has said 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 United States and Europe is to worsen the lives of millions of people.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website>>