Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the damage to the European economy of sanctions in response to the European Commission estimated at 5-6 billion euros.

“According to the Commission, as far as I’ve seen recent data loss on our countermeasures to protect its economy is estimated at 5.6 billion euros,” – Putin said in an interview with German television channel.

Putin said that Russia wants normal relations with all partners, including the United States, and in Europe. “Of course, what happens with the so-called sanctions, bad for the world economy (and bad for us and bad for the world economy), especially for Russian-bad relations in the EU” – said Putin.

He noted that conflicts in this case international law that regulates relations in the sphere of economy, the WTO principles. “And so, as we will try to agree on the” twenty “- said the president of Russia.
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