‘We’re not trying to cripple Russia’
Germany has denied that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy. |||
Berlin – Germany denied Friday that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy and said a tightening of the screws this week as Russia’s crisis worsens is a coincidence, and not by design.It also denied that the collapse of a mega-billion German-Russian gas deal was the result of any political interference from Berlin.“The idea behind what we are doing on Ukraine and political pressure is not to lay low the Russian economy,” said Sawsan Chebli, a Foreign …read more
Source: Independent Online
