At the conclusion of his visit to Moscow, US Senator Ron Johnson told Congress, US sanctions, imposed against Russia, does not work, According to Washington Examiner.
The newspaper recalls, Johnson was a member of the delegation, which last visited Moscow and met with Russian diplomats and lawmakers.
You are doing something, then none of you sit down and analyze: “A, it works?”, He told colleagues.
According to the senator, He was always concerned, Putin, Russians explaining the lack of economic progress in the country, can blame everything on America. However, US sanctions, looks like, They have no real effect in the Russian Federation.
he noted, that other restrictive measures, Washington taken "against Putin's allies and his favorites-oligarchs", They work much more efficiently: "they really sting" of the individual and do not harm people.
Russians are indifferent, can buy oligarch in London mansion for 10 million. dollars or not, he added, urging senators to work so, "to avoid the alienation of the Russian people".
In this case, in any case can not show their weakness to the Russian authorities, because Moscow wants to restore its influence in the world to the scale of the Soviet.
And if you do not want, make it happen, you need to act decisively … But it does not mean, that we should be enemies, said Sen..
Relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated in relation to the events in Ukraine and Crimea. US and EC, accusing Moscow of meddling, imposed economic sanctions against it. Russia to take retaliatory steps, stated, that sanctions language to talk with her counterproductive.
