Western Media Try to Justify Anti-Russia Sanctions - Russian Diplomat

Western media try to make US and European policy of anti-Russian sanctions look legitimate using weak arguments, Russian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Ombudsman Konstantin Dolgov said Thursday.

ST.PETERSBURG (Sputnik) — Dolgov highlighted that sanctions against Russia had a negative impact on economic interests of many European countries.

“We read many Western media reports, which try to justify the US anti-Russia sanctions policy, using quasi arguments. This is an attempt to form some sort of legitimacy concerning the sanctions policy. This is disappointing, because the international law does not give an unambiguous interpretation that unilateral sanctions are a clear violation of the international law.”

Since the Ukrainian conflict escalated in April 2014, the European Union, the United States and their allies have imposed several rounds of economic sanctions against Moscow, blaming Russia for interfering in Ukraine’s internal affairs.

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied its involvement in the Ukrainian internal conflict and called the sanctions counterproductive.