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Sanctions against Russia to speed up integration with Asia Pacific Region — speaker

Noting the importance of developing Eurasian integration, Sergei Naryshkin referred to the situation in Ukraine, where “an inconsistent integration policy led to obvious socio-economic losses under pressure of the West”

ST. PETERSBURG, April 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Speaker of the State Duma lower house of Russia's parliament Sergei Naryshkin said the sanctions against Russia, if imposed by the European Union, will only speed up Russia's integration with countries of the Asian-Pacific Region (APR).