Russia's permanent representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, said that in Europe conditions have ripened to soften the policy towards Moscow, including on the issue of sanctions.

The advisory statement Chizhov made in an interview with the newspaper "Izvestia".

According to him, at the end of June, the EU can discuss one of three packages of anti-Russian sanctions, which concerns economic measures.

"It is noticeable that the situation is ripe for a change in the EU's policy towards Russia as a whole and on this issue in particular. This is a lot of evidence, but when a critical mass of political will will be achieved, it is difficult to say, "Chizhov said..

As the Observer reported earlier, the G7 countries earlier said they would uphold sanctions against Putin until Russia fully implemented the Minsk accords.

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