“Sanctions are nothing else, but a blackmail tool and a way to put an economic pressure. They, undoubtedly, contradict the international law, and the WTO rules. Those countries that call themselves constitutional states do not have the right to behave this way. This is improper,” Naryshkin said at the international President, Parliament, Integration conference.
Over the past few months, the European Union, the United States and their allies have implemented several rounds of sanctions targeting Russia's banking, energy and defense sectors, as well as a number of high-ranking officials in retaliation to what they call Russia's aggressive policy in Ukraine.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the Ukrainian internal conflict, adding that sanctions threaten international peace and stability and run counter to the principles of international law.