According to Bobkov, "Europe is in turmoil."
“The European Union, which declares its unity and tries to demonstrate it in every possible way, is actually far from united a long time ago. There is no single policy. The next package of sanctions is a political demarche, ”he said.
Bobkov added that restrictive measures on the part of the EU are a continuation of the inadequate policy towards Crimea as a subject of Russia.
The parliamentarian believes that "sanctions do not carry any threats and long ago took the form of a political screen."
“European officials are forced to make such decisions under pressure from Western advisers, without taking into account the opinions of their citizens, so that they are left alone for a while,” Bobkov said.
Earlier, the EU imposed sanctions against seven Russians due to the elections in Crimea in September 2019.