“The main thing for which sanctions are being taken is, first, to punish Russia for an independent foreign policy. As Russian President Vladimir Putin said more than once, in the American ruling class it came to the realization that in the 90s. - it was an anomaly, and the traditions of Russian civilization, history, self-sufficiency, multinationality and multi-structured Russian life still prevailed, ”Lavrov said.
He noted that some American politicians still do not understand this, “including those who literally hold US President Donald Trump’s hands, not allowing him to fulfill his election promises about normalizing and improving relations” with Russia.
Lavrov added that the second reason for the introduction of restrictive measures is unfair competition and an attempt to increase its competitiveness by sanction pressure methods.
“The third, more global reason is an understanding of the irreversibility of the formation of a polycentric world order, where much more than one or two states have a very strong influence on the world economy and politics,” said the Russian minister.
He stressed that this understanding is expressed in an effort to slow down these processes.
Earlier, a spokesman for the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, in an interview with SophieCo on RT, evaluated the impact of Western sanctions against Russia on investors.