Slutsky commented on the expansion of EU anti-Russian sanctions

The permanent representatives of the European Union countries agreed on the introduction of sanctions against another 1.6 thousand individuals and organizations from Russia.

The new defendants may be associated primarily with the Russian military-industrial complex.

Leonid Slutsky said that the expansion of sanctions shows the failure of previous restrictions and will not achieve their goals.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. The agreement on the expansion of anti-Russian sanctions by EU countries shows that past restrictions have failed and did not achieve their goals, said Leonid Slutsky, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, leader of the LDPR.

Earlier on Wednesday, a European source told RIA Novosti that the permanent representatives of the EU countries agreed on the introduction of sanctions against another 1.6 thousand individuals and organizations from Russia; the measures could come into force on October 12 after approval at a meeting of the heads of EU Foreign Ministries.

According to the source, we are not talking about a full-scale 22nd package of economic and personal sanctions against Russia, but about expanding existing personal restrictions. The media previously reported that the new defendants may be associated primarily with the Russian military-industrial complex.

“A sure sign that all other packages failed and did not achieve their goals. This time, 1.5 thousand Russian companies and individuals will be subject to restrictions,” Slutsky wrote in the Telegram channel.

He recalled that enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex were the first to switch to import substitution, so no restrictions will hinder their development.

The deputy added that the European Union is rapidly degrading, introducing sanctions that primarily harm the eurozone economy. According to Slutsky, the European Union needs to “get used to difficulties” due to the failed Russophobic policy.

“The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, who, according to sensible forces in the European Parliament, is the main “gravedigger” of the EU economy, warns them quite cynically about this,” Slutsky concluded.