The interview was published on the website of an American journalist.

“Last year Russia became the first economy in Europe, despite all the sanctions and restrictions. Sanctions, restrictions, impossibility of making payments in dollars, disconnection from SWIFT, sanctions against our ships transporting oil, sanctions against aircraft - sanctions in everything, everywhere,” he said.

Putin emphasized that the largest number of sanctions in the world are applied against Russia.

Earlier, Slovenian Foreign Minister Faion called sanctions against Russia insufficiently effective.