The Foreign Ministry said that Russia will not ask the EU to lift sanctions

RUSSIA will not ask the European Union to lift sanctions, the country has a margin of safety, and the light has not converged on the EU, Nikolai Kobrinets, DIRECTOR of the department for pan-European cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“We will not act as petitioners in terms of lifting sanctions. We have a margin of safety. And the European Union is not the center of the universe. The world did not converge on him like a wedge, ”said the diplomat.

Also, according to him, confrontation with Russia is not beneficial for the EU, since anti-Russian sanctions negatively affect the lives of ordinary Europeans.

The European Union has introduced several packages of sanctions against Russia since the end of February. The restrictions affected the country's leadership, including President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, a number of Russian businessmen and the banking sector. The EU has imposed a ban on the sale, transfer and supply of euro banknotes to Russia. In addition, the European Union banned the supply of aircraft and spare parts to Russia, as well as the EXPORT of goods and technologies for the oil, aviation and space industries to the country.