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Alexander Grushko, vice-minister of the Russian Foreign Ministry, censured the West for its sanctions policy at a press conference on September 2.

Saying that its anti-Russia sanctions are dealing a blow to the economy of EU countries and their citizens’ living, he asserted that those countries’ refusal to accept Russian gas caused the reduction in industrial output, jobs and others.

This was the choice of the countries themselves, he said, adding that the citizens of the Western countries are paying the price for the damage caused by their national policy designed to isolate Russia.