Raise the issue of reviewing sanctions against Russia will be possible only in the summer of 2019, at the Council of Europe summit. About this RT told the deputy of the European Parliament from Italy Mario Borgesio. He stressed that European countries as a whole show an interest in "detente in relations with Russia," but since restrictive measures against Russia have recently been extended for another year, it is impossible to remove them right now. According to Borgesio, in the abolition of anti-Russian sanctions, first of all, the FRG and France are interested - "countries with a strong export component". Restrictions against Moscow have been hit by such sectors of European production as the agricultural sector, as well as in the spheres of luxury, such as fashion and t.

Earlier, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Gianluca Savoyini told Izvestia that "sanctions against Russia are unproductive". Anti-Russian sanctions were introduced by the EU in 2014 in connection with the situation in Ukraine. They are regularly renewed every six months. The sanctioning war struck not only the economy of the Russian Federation, but also the European countries, in connection with which many politicians and businessmen declare the need to abolish restrictive measures against Moscow.