Political scientist Dudchak: EU sanctions have created new opportunities for Russia

European Union (EU) sanctions have opened up new opportunities for Russia. Political scientist Alexander Dudchak pointed this out in a conversation with RT.

He explained that Moscow was forced to rebuild production chains, look for new trading partners and develop its own production due to restrictions, which created a “wide window of opportunity.”

“We were freed from many obligations that we probably would not have gotten rid of on our own initiative. The West is even more difficult to cope with the introduction of sanctions against us, because they hit it very powerfully,” the expert noted.

According to him, the consequences of the anti-Russian restrictions faced by the EU complicate the coordination of new sanctions packages and the extension of those already adopted. As Dudchak pointed out, European countries understand that the restrictions did not lead to the expected result, but they continue to discuss new sanctions because they do not want to admit failure.

“Can you imagine if they stopped and said: “Our imagination is exhausted, we are ending the sanctions, we will not accept new packages”? This means admitting your helplessness and the meaninglessness of all previous work. They can’t say that, so they continue to invent sanctions,” he concluded.