Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. File photoRIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 8US and European sanctions imposed against Russia amid the situation around Ukraine have not worked, says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
"Economic barriers , which the US and Europe introduced against Russia, did not work,” Bolsonaro said in a video message on social networks.
The President noted that he had a “balanced” position towards Russia, which allowed him to purchase much-needed fertilizers for the Brazilian agricultural sector of the country. At the end of June, during a telephone conversation, the Russian president told Bolsonaro that the Russian Federation was committed to the obligations of uninterrupted supplies of fertilizers to Brazilian farmers. Western countries imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin 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. » />Brazil will not support the idea of limiting the price of Russian oil