- According to Sergey Nechaev, "the facts show that the European Union continues experiments on the population of its own member countries"
According to TASS, Russia's state-owned news agency article published on October 18, 2022, each new package of sanctions against Russia adopted by the EU leads to growing energy prices, inflation, and declining well-being of the people of the alliance’s countries, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechaev said in an interview with TASS.
According to the diplomat, "the facts show that the European Union continues experiments on the population of its own member countries." "Each new package of sanctions against Russia boomerangs. It is obvious to everyone that the increase in electricity, heating, gas prices, double-digit inflation rates, the decrease in consumer activity and the level of welfare of citizens are the result not of the Kremlin's ‘intrigues’, but of the EU's policy," he added.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in response to the request of the leaders of the Donbass republics for help. The West imposed large-scale sanctions against Russia and increased the supply of weapons and military equipment to Kiev.
The Federal Statistical Office reported earlier that inflation in Germany accelerated in September and reached a record 10% against the backdrop of the energy crisis in Europe, which worsened in early July, when there were first interruptions in gas supplies from Russia.
