According to him, the EU countries lost about € 100 billion euros from the sanctions, "according to some estimates, even 200."
He recalled that in 2014 the trade turnover between Russia and the EU amounted to $ 417 billion, and then "crashed somewhere around 250."
“By the way, the Americans did not feel either cold or hot. Because they had about $ 25 billion of trade with us, it remained, they didn’t lose anything, ”Medvedev said.
He noted that the turnover is not very large given the scale of the American and Russian economies.
“And the Europeans were twice blown away,” Medvedev stressed.
He specified that the new team of the European Commission “has a chance to improve” the situation with trade relations with Russia.
“As we have repeatedly said, we did not start this war, and it was not for us to complete it. They themselves must declare a truce, then everything can be returned to normal, ”the prime minister said.
He also said that Russia's trade turnover with China has grown significantly, exceeding $ 100 billion. Medvedev said that the goal of Russia's trade with China is $ 200 billion.
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