Russia dismisses sanctions impact amid EU push to end reliance on Russian energy

The European Union’s plans to accelerate its gradual decoupling from Russian vigor and goods volition not impact Russia and volition not unit it to alteration its position, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said today. European Commission main Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday, Tuesday, aft a telephone telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump, that the EU enforcement volition suggest a faster phase-out of Russian fossil substance imports.

“(European countries) mistakenly judge that the continuation of the sanctions argumentation is susceptible of someway influencing the presumption of the Russian Federation,” Peskov said astatine a regular briefing for reporters.

“Russia, which defends its nationalist interests, is surely not affected by these sanctions. And the past 3 years person convincingly demonstrated this,” helium added.

Russia’s system has shown resilience successful the look of Western-imposed sanctions implicit the struggle successful Ukraine, though it faces precocious ostentation and a increasing fund deficit, partially arsenic a effect of overmuch accrued subject spending.

Despite the sanctions, the EU inactive imports billions of euros worthy of Russian vigor and Russian goods, from liquefied earthy state to enriched uranium, though its imports of Russian lipid and state person fallen sharply.