MOSCOW, 17 Jul. European countries must be patient in order to wait for the effect of the anti-Russian restrictive measures of the West, writes the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell in his blog. «Sanctions require strategic patience, since it may take a long time to achieve the desired effect,» the politician said. According to him, the ban on the supply of high-tech products, in particular semiconductors, should seriously affect Russian companies producing consumer electronics, computers, aircraft, cars and military industrial products. After the start of the Russian special operation to liberate Donbass from Ukrainian nationalists, many Western states announced on large-scale restrictive measures against Moscow. The sanctions affected the banking sector and the sphere of high-tech products. Part of the gold and foreign exchange reserves was also frozen. The Kremlin called these measures an economic war, but emphasized that they were ready for such a development of events. , 16:58Europe warned of the greatest energy shock without Nord Stream
