Altmaier said he is not aware of “a single case” in which sanctions would force a country like Russia to “change its behavior”.
According to Deutsche Welle, on the eve of September 7, on the air of the state German channel ARD, German Economy Minister Peter Altmeier said that he was not sure that the new sanctions against Russia would be effective.
“Penalty measures rather lead to a toughening of policy in the country”, – the minister is convinced.
“I do not know of a single case when sanctions would force a country like Russia to change its behavior”.
Earlier it was reported that the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel admits the possibility of changing the position of official Berlin regarding the fate of the Nord Stream-2 project in connection with the case of the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.