France admits failure of Western sanctions against Russia
(Baonghean.vn) - Russia's recognition of the sovereignty of the DPR and LPR proves the failure of the West's sanctions policy over the past 8 years, wrote the French newspaper Monde Diplomatique.
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| Red Square, Moscow (Russia). Photo: RT |
The authors of the article, Helene Richard and Anne-Cecile Robert, argue that the restrictive measures introduced after this decision by Moscow are also unlikely to succeed, since such steps have never been effective before, even when applied to countries that are not as powerful as Russia is now.
The article reads: “Russia's recognition of the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass shows the failure of the sanctions policy pursued by the West over the past eight years.”
According to the authors of the article, the international policy of ultimatums, which always entails the application of retaliatory measures, has shown its ineffectiveness and danger.
"As a pitiful substitute for diplomacy, the current spiral of unilateral sanctions risks leading to war in Europe," - commentators judge./.
