As the Russia-Ukraine conflict is about to enter its third year, the European Union has imposed the 12th round of sanctions on Russia.
In this regard, the Russian side is very calm, because the previous more than ten rounds of sanctions have proved that the West cannot restrain Russia and impose more sanctions, so it can only pit itself.
The EU's approach to self-harm is really incomprehensible.
If it was not known at the beginning what the consequences of sanctions against Russia would be, it is reasonable to vigorously sanction Russia.
But the past two years have proven that EU sanctions against Russia are a very demental, and the EU is still obsessed with it.
This is also why there is now a situation in which people and ghosts are showing, and only the EU is "beaten".
Permanent Representative of Russia to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov).
Both the United States and Russia are growing
According to the Russian Sputnik news agency, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said that as far as he knows, the United States is the main beneficiary of the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, from which Washington makes money, but Europe loses a lot, especially Germany. This is bad for Europe, but they follow Washington's command.
Ulyanov noted that, according to the latest assessments, Russia's GDP growth this year could reach 35%, which is higher than the vast majority of EU countries.
Ulyanov does not have much illusions about the EU making changes, because what has happened in the last two years proves that EU policy is dictated by the Anglo-Saxon agenda.
The EU's performance during the Russia-Ukraine conflict highlighted the EU's biggest problem - it was not independent enough, it was obviously affected by sanctions, but it still had to continue sanctions, and finally the current situation emerged: the United States and Russia are growing, and only the EU is struggling in the quagmire of economic crisis.
Maxim Oreshkin).
The EU cannot do without Russia
Russia** Putin's senior economic adviser Maxim Oreshkin noted that the EU's policies during the Russia-Ukraine conflict have led to the loss of the EU's energy security and an important export market.
Oleshkin referred to a conclusion that EU foreign ministers had once given: the EU's prosperity is based on two foundations, one is to obtain cheap energy from Russia and enter the Russian market, and the other is to use cheap Chinese production and enter the Chinese market.
In the past two years, there have been many twists and turns in China-EU relations, but the EU has recognized the reality and realized that it cannot "decouple" from China.
And when it comes to handling relations with Russia, the EU has done a very bad job.
As Oreshkin said, the EU has lost not only cheap energy**, but also an important market.
Russia does not seem to be very strong in terms of economy, but after all, it is a market with a population of more than 100 million, and the loss of this market will hurt the EU very much.
Europe-Russia collapse).Russia successfully turned
The hostility of the European Union and the United States has accelerated the process of Russia's eastward turn, and it turns out that Asia has become the center of the world, and cooperation with Asian countries is incomparably correct.
In this process, Russia as a whole still earns.
Last year, Russia's GDP ** increased by 22%, which can all rise back this year, and there is still a balance.
And that's just the beginning.
Before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the European Union was Russia's largest partner, and now this cooperation is turning to cooperation with Asian countries, the potential is very large, only two years are far from being able to finish, it is expected that for a long time in the future, Russia can get far more benefits from cooperation with Asian countries than previous cooperation with Europe and the United States.
And the EU is still trying to find ways to continue to sanction Russia, which has become increasingly ineffective and will only make the EU a bigger laughing stock.