“The paradox of the sanctions is that Russia, on the contrary, increased revenues due to rising energy prices,” the agency quotes US Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana.
According to the observer, further support of the Russian economy will be carried out at the expense of revenues from the sale of oil and gas.
Flatley stressed that this calls into question the effectiveness of anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that gloomy forecasts for the Russian economy did not come true.