Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botan-Kharchenko said Western pressure on Serbia to join the anti-Russian sanctions is extremely strong and will only increase. He talked about it in an interview with the newspaper. “News”.
“The pressure is extremely strong, no one has eased it. And it will only grow, because the West desperately needs Serbia to join the sanctions. But in this case, not purely for economic reasons, but in a political sense, as a strengthening of the anti-Russian front, because the West is Serbian. “He perceives it as a pro-Russian link in Europe,” he said.
According to him, the call by Rade Bastra, head of the Serbian Ministry of Economy, for Belgrade to join the sanctions against the Russian Federation did not receive support and development.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic declarationThat Belgrade will impose sanctions against the Russian Federation only in a hopeless situation.
February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin declarationThe one who, in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR, decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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