Russia will not ask the US and European Union (EU) member nations to lift sanctions imposed on Moscow in wake of ongoing "military operations" in Kyiv, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Vershinin said.
Washington and EU "have tried very hard" to reverse the Kremlin's course but "nothing will come of it," the deputy FM said while speaking to Izvestiya newspaper. Infuriated at the expansion of the plethora of economic and financial penalties against Moscow, Vershinin also claimed that the injunctions are "illegitimate."
"Sanctions are not our decision. They are being imposed by those who, like the US, and - let’s be direct - its satellites, want to exert pressure on Russia, put our economy and ordinary Russians in a very difficult situation, doing this as a punishment for Russia’s sovereign political decisions," Russian deputy FM, Sergey Vershinin stated.
"Russia will not ask the US and EU member nations to lift the sanctions, as pressure from the West and around the world will not change Moscow's course," Russian media Sputnik reports quoting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.
