Russia wants to use the pandemic coronavirus for sanctions relief and “bleaching your image in the eyes of the civilized world.” About the same time the permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN, Sergey Kislitsa, said in an interview “RBC-Ukraine”.
According to him, in early April, the Russian government tried to push through the UN General Assembly resolution, which would open up the possibility for the lifting of restrictions. Oxalis stressed that Ukraine and its partners were able to “give back” and to block the adoption of the act.
“the Russians are masters of the steps, they may not have the sophistication in their actions, they often are dirty, and in the statements and in diplomatic steps. But they are masters of underhanded, secret diplomacy,” said Sorrel, accusing the Russian authorities of “fanning the propaganda” with the aim of lifting the sanctions.
He added that Russia turns out the “earn points” in the UN General Assembly among Nations that oppose unilateral sanctions as such, because the issue is “very broad electorate”.
The diplomat believes that the Russian diplomacy “very powerful” but is ideologically alien to Ukraine and “our partners in Europe, North America, Australia”. Oxalis stressed that it is impossible to assume that “Russian diplomats walking in sandals” because of Russia, “like it or not, will depend on the decision of many questions”.
In late March, Russia, China, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Nicaragua, Venezuela and North Korea urged to lift sanctions for the sake of combating coronavirus. The UN General Assembly refused to adopt the draft resolution.
EU countries, USA and Ukraine first imposed economic sanctions against Moscow in 2014. It happened after the Crimea according to the results of the referendum became part of Russia. The annexation of the Peninsula was deemed illegal, but Moscow denies these charges. Then in 2015, the sanctions were imposed because of the conflict in the Donbass. In response, Moscow imposed a ban on food imports from countries that supported sanctions.
