Russia says sanctions would fail

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Sanctions against Russia over its actions in Georgia would hurt the EU more than they would hurt Russia, Moscow's ambassador to the UK has said.

Yuri Fedotov was speaking on the eve of an EU summit on the crisis at which leaders are likely to discuss the possibility of imposing sanctions.

He told the BBC that Russia did not want any further confrontation and was not seeking a new Cold War.

Germany and the UK have taken divergent positions on how the EU should proceed.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7590642.stm

[Joe Chi Minh]

1. Is Moscow's Ambassador to the UK completely insane? You wait till

NuLab's David Miliband, Scourge of the Russian Hordes, gets to hear of this, Mr Ambassador!

[mwooldri]

2. Russia has Europe by the balls, I'm afraid.

P*** off the Russians too much and they might just cut the supply of gas off. Or at the least impose an export tariff on it.

Mark.

[otohara]

3. Let's Ask Sarah Palin

since she's neighbors with Russia and a policy expert because of that, I value her opinion.