Russian Satellite News Agency, Moscow, July 19. According to the US “Washington Post” citing officials familiar with the matter, the White House intends to take economic measures to force Kyrgyzstan to stop “exporting goods on the sanctions list to Russia.”
EU representatives had earlier claimed a suspected increase in trade flows from EU member states to some Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, and from these countries to Russia.
The “Washington Post” wrote: “The Biden administration is formulating new economic measures to force Kyrgyzstan to stop this trade.” According to US officials, economic measures for Kyrgyzstan may be announced as early as this week.
The newspaper noted that the measures were drawn up after “months of fruitless visits” by U.S. and European diplomats to Bishkek.
The Russian side pointed out that the West lacks the courage to admit the failure of sanctions against Russia . Western countries have also repeatedly stated that anti-Russian sanctions are invalid. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that containing and weakening Russia is the long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have severely hit the entire world economy. The main purpose of the West, he said, is to make life worse for millions of people. Russia has repeatedly stated that it will resolve all difficulties created by the West.
