“Apparently, giving such forecasts regarding our country, the Minister for European Affairs decided that it is more visible from afar,” the parliamentarian said.
He added that in the current situation, Cleverley and his colleagues "should have focused on their own domestic politics."
“Official London needs to justify the actions of anti-Russian sanctions and shift the focus from its own economic problems to how Russia will “suffer” from restrictions, but at the same time keep silent about the fact that sanctions hurt the economy of Europe itself,” Belik believes.
The deputy specified that Russia at this time "is carrying out systematic and effective work aimed at minimizing the consequences of the imposed sanctions."
Earlier in the UK, Russia predicted "the strongest recession since the collapse of the USSR."