The new sanctions of the European Union are illegal and undermine the international legal prerogatives of the UN Security Council (UNSC), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday
Despite sweeping Western sanctions targeting Russia, the expansion of the country’s manufacturing sector reached a record-high pace for the last seven years in December, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P) credit rating agency.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the European Union's assistance to Ukraine came at the expense of the bloc's economy and industry that was already facing difficulties.