Zakharova assessed the possibility of Russia’s return to the “Iron Curtain” – Gazeta.Ru
December 28, 2021, 20:09
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia does not intend to return to the “iron curtain” in relations with Western countries. She announced this in an interview with the TV channel. “BelRos”…
“We are not. And what they are going to build at home, our Western partners, is unknown, ”she said, answering the relevant question.
Formerly Zakharova statedthat the claims of the European Union to the import substitution of Russia, with which they turned to the World Trade Organization, is nonsense.
In addition, according to her, the complaint shows the lack of independence of the EU policy. She recalled that in 2014 at the time, US Vice President Joe Biden said that European countries were not ready to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine.
The European Union has estimated at € 290 billion its claims against Russia for illegal discrimination of European goods. Carrying out preliminary approvals for the purchase of engineering products abroad, as well as national quotas for purchases.
However, the next day, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia denied information about 290 billion euros that the rules did not imply the payment of compensation.