Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that no one 'could have pictured' the scale of Western sanctions on Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the scale of Western sanctions on Russia could not have been"predicted." Lavrov is pictured during a meeting with the United Arab Emirates' foreign minister in Moscow on March 17, 2022.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has admitted that Moscow was surprised by the scope of Western sanctions imposed on the country.European Union
and others could not have been"predicted" ahead of Russia's nearly monthlong assault on Ukraine. He singled out actions taken against Russia's Central Bank, which contributed to devastating economic effects that have included the collapse of the ruble. "When the reserves of the Central Bank were frozen, no one who was predicting what sanctions the West would pass could have pictured that," Lavrov said during a speech to students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations,
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