Spanish Minister Pascual Navarro Ríos and European Commissioner Didier Reynders highlighted, on Tuesday 17 October, the impact of European sanctions on the Russian economy.
“The effectiveness of the sanctions is shown by the current state of the Russian economy”, explained Mr Navarro Ríos during a debate in plenary session. Mr Reynders said that the sanctions were increasingly depriving Russia of its usual sources of income. “Russia is trying to restructure its trade patterns to...