EU anti-Russian sanctions bring nothing to Europe except big financial problems. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the West has already lost more than 100 billion euros. He stressed that the United States is constantly putting pressure on the leaders of the Old World and demanding the extension of unprofitable restrictive measures.. Lavrov believes that the current relations of Europe with Russia can not be called normal. "It is important that European politicians finally understand this. We have repeatedly spoken about our readiness to take countermeasures, but the EU, which initiated the use of sanctions, should make the first step in this direction, ”the Spanish newspaper El Pais quotes him. Recall that the EU imposed sanctions against Moscow in 2014 due to the annexation of the Crimea to Russia and the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine. The Kremlin in response banned food imports from many European countries.