International security/ Sanctions

No sanctions would ever force Russia into changing its policy - Kremlin

The continuing economic pressure will never affect Moscow’s foreign policy, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has said.

“No sanctions would force Russia to make changes to the persistent line it follows in international affairs,” TASS quoted Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday.

The top Kremlin official also called the sanctions “a double-edged weapon” that, while causing certain discomfort to the Russian economy, was also hurting businesses in the countries that introduced them, not to mention the world economy as a whole.