2 minutes agoEC president threatens Putin: We'll hit Russia to the point of weakness if it invades Ukraine
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)“If Russia invades Ukraine, it would be cut off from the international financial markets”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told German public television ARD. The measures will hit “all the goods we produce, which Russia urgently needs to modernise and diversify its economy, where we are globally dominant and those [...]
The measures will hit “all the goods we produce, which Russia urgently needs to modernise and diversify its economy, where we are globally dominant and they don't have any replacement”, she added.
It is very clear that if Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a war, we will respond to the most powerful instrument we have and the weakest point Russia has: with economic and financial sanctions”, said Von der Leyen.
Russia's clear weak “Picka is an economy based on fossil fuel energy”, she said, referring to 2/3 of oil, coal and gas exports.
She asked Putin to return to the negotiating table, but confirmed that if he chooses war, he will respond with serious consequences. /abcnews. al
