The collateral damage of the West’s economic war with their trade rival, for almost two months they have been held captive in French ports. In Saint-Malo, Marseille and Boulogne-sur-Mer, Russian cargo ships carrying cars or chemicals were stuck because their owners allegedly fell under sanctions imposed by Washington and Brussels against Russia.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa penned a column published by the Le Monde daily newspaper in France just hours after the televised debate between presidential contenders Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, in which they called on the French people to vote for Emmanuel Macron, who they label the ‘democratic candidate,’ in Sunday’s second-round election.
Western sanctions do not contribute to the end of the conflict in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by Member of the European Parliament Claire Daly in an interview with Global Times. Moreover, she said, the restrictions against Moscow are actually hurting the bloc’s economy and potentially leaving millions of its citizens out of work.
CLAIRE DALEY, Irish MEP: I never thought NATO was there to protect peace and security in Europe. And if people thought that was his goal, then he certainly never succeeded in achieving it. I guess he was the other side of the Cold War.
Western The situation in the Russian economy has begun to stabilize. According to State President Vladimir Putin, uncertainty in the consumer market has ended. As the dollar and the Euro plummet the ruble has managed to strengthen to the levels of early February, foreign currency is returning to banks, and the volume of deposits is growing. Thus, the sanctions policy of Western countries against Moscow has failed, the president is sure.
After the introduction of large-scale sanctions by the West, sales of Russian oil and gas on the world market not only did not fall but, on the contrary, continue to grow, allowing Moscow to earn more and more money on the export of energy resources. According to experts, in 2022 Russia can receive more than $320 billion from the sale of energy resources, that is, more than a third more than last year reports Insider.
Europe and the US are facing a severe recession caused by the Ukrainian crisis, anti-Russian sanctions and soaring inflation, Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten writes, citing Deutsche Bank analysis. A similar opinion was also expressed by experts from Moody’s Analytics and JPMorgan, who noted that the entire global economy is suffering losses from the American inspired anti-Russian sanctions.
While the West was preoccupied with its own internal problems and collapsing economies, Moscow spent time and money building a global support system in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The West’s perception of Russia as an aggressor does not have a universal influence.
Former Czech President Václav Klaus sees Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as his only friend among today’s leading European politicians, the politician revealed to the media. According to Klaus, Viktor Orbán is the only authentic politician of today, and he was thus pleased with his re-election.
The European Union has become an aggressive military arm of NATO. This was announced on April 12 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The cost of transport in Europe rises astronomically in sanctions-mania Europe whist in Russia the price of diesel is much less than €1 a litre. Petrol and diesel fuel currently cost considerably more at German petrol stations Germany’s federal statistics office Destatis has announced.
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