However, Krisjanis Karins announced his intention to continue advocating for increased sanctions pressure on RussiaVILNIUS, December 10.
/tass/. The Baltic states have suffered more than other European states from the consequences of anti-Russian sanctions, but they continue to advocate for increased sanctions pressure on Moscow. This statement was made on Friday by Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins.
"Of all the European states, it is the Baltic states that have suffered the most economically from these sanctions, but this has not diminished our intention to help Ukraine and demand sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. We have shown by our own example that there is no need to be afraid and that it is more important to support Ukraine, and not to think about the short-term good, leaving some kind of ties with the Russian Federation open," the Latvian Prime Minister was quoted by the united news portal of radio and television of Latvia lsm.lv .
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, and the goals are demilitarization and denazification of the country. The West, in response to the decision of the Russian Federation, began to impose large-scale sanctions against it.
