The state Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin has called the use of punishment in international practice evil And showed that for France, the results of specialist expertise, this year the harm they could reach one billion euros.

" in relations with France, a country with which we have deep traditions, I would have said, the privileged partnership, this practice is doubly invalid, your country is among the ten largest suppliers of agricultural products to the market of the Russian Federation, in the penal harm that will tolerate French farmers And Authorized the food industry this year alone, according to the results of specialist expertise, can achieve one billion euros, " said Naryshkin during the meeting with representatives of the French business, public And political figures.

" in practice, five months, our country did not respond to punishment, declared the U.S. And the EU. These penalties unauthorized, void, because it does not have any fair judicial decisions And not based on the UN resolutions, " said Naryshkin.

He said that the Russian Federation to the latest wanted that foreign colleagues will understand that the policy of punishment increases the likelihood of bringing a dead end, And Russia still believes that any punishment is personal against the Corporation, sectoral, is evil that does not add confidence to any politicians or entrepreneurs. And they destroy evolved over the decades, the economy And discard relations in the past century.

The United States in connection with the Ukrainian crisis has introduced a wide range of sanctions on the Russian politicians, businessmen And organizations, as well as lobby for the introduction of similar measures for its associates. Anti-punishment After the United States entered the European Union, Switzerland, Canada, Australia And Japan.

the head of centuries Putin, for his part, has been banned for years to import into the Russian Federation of certain types of agricultural products, raw materials And food from countries that have imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation.

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