Russia sanctions have ‘completely backfired’ – ex-EU commissioner

The bloc’s attempt to “ruin” Russia is a “life-threatening idea,” Gunter Verheugen has said The EU’s sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s economy and isolating it politically have backfired, instead harming their architects, former European Commission Vice President Gunter Verheugen has said.   Western governments have imposed an unprecedented slew of sanctions on Moscow since the […]