MOSCOW, February 26. /TASS/. The West will hardly be able to think of new sanctions against Russia without causing apparent damage to its own economies, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"Nothing game changing has been announced. And it is hardly possible for those who impose those sanctions to think of anything game changing without causing apparent damage to their own economies. Indirectly this damage [is being caused], you know, as the boomerang effect works. The European economy suffers seriously first of all due to sanctions that have been imposed against Russia, thousands of sanctions. The interests of American companies suffer as well," he said when asked to comment on the new package of sanctions by TASS.
On February 23, the US Treasury Department published a list of new anti-Russia sanctions targeting individuals and entities from Russia and other countries. The blacklist consists of 554 targets, including 57 individuals and 485 legal entities, as well as 12 courts. In addition to Russian entities, the sanctions affect companies from such countries as Kyrgyzstan, China, the UAE, Serbia, Turkey, Germany and more. The Canadian authorities also imposed new restrictions against Moscow.
Moreover, the EU Council said on the same day that the European Union had approved the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, introducing restrictive measures against 106 individuals and 88 legal entities, including such countries as China, India, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, and Turkey.