Moscow was able to compensate for the negative effect of the sanctions due to high profits from the export of expensive energy products, according to The Wall Street Journal..

Russia still earns “hundreds of millions of dollars” every day selling oil and gas abroad, they said..

Journalists noted that Western restrictions failed to stimulate Russia to return to the negotiating table on the situation in Ukraine.

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On the contrary, in their opinion, Moscow can put pressure on European countries that depend on Russian energy supplies..

Earlier it was reported that Scholz is afraid to anger Putin, therefore he opposes the nationalization of a Gazprom subsidiary..