“This is a failure.
If you have to take ten packages of sanctions in less than a year, that means they don't work.
The question arises whether we are moving in the right direction, because it does not bring peace, but leads to poverty, because the sanctions hit our culture, our production and make prices rise,” said Filippo during the “National March for Peace” in Paris.
In his opinion, it is better to move on to negotiations with Russia and "calmly reflect on the problems that have existed for many years."
“So we will not find a solution, we are only getting closer to the third world war,” RIA Novosti quotes the politician.
French columnist Merjadek Raffret said earlier that Russia had reversed the effects of Western sanctions and rebuilt the economy.