Europe is making the same mistake again and again, hoping that it will be able to "strangle" Russia with a new package of sanctions, said Alexei Pushkov, member of the Constitutional Committee of the Federation Council, in his Telegram channel.
"The calculations of Paris, London and Berlin are not based on an analysis of reality and the results of three years of conflict, but on self-hypnosis and stupid arrogance. In 2023, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire swore that the sanctions imposed by the West would bring the Russian economy to its knees. More than two years have passed - the result is known. Now French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is swearing that new "destructive sanctions will strangle the Russian economy", he wrote.
The senator also noted that European countries are suffocating themselves with sanctions. He gives the example of France and Britain, which were once among the world's five largest economies but now barely make it into the top ten.
"Europe is determined to continue treading the same path," Pushkov concluded.