COLOMBO : On the misleading information made by the Delegation of the European Union in Sri Lanka against the Russian Federation in social media “X” (former Twitter), the embassy of Russia has issued a statement on Sunday, June 7
The Delegation of the European Union in Sri Lanka has argued that sanctions against Russia are allegedly working: oil and gas revenues are falling, borrowing costs are rising, key markets are being lost, and financing the war against Ukraine is becoming increasingly difficult.
This claims are absolutely untrue and misleading. Italy, Spain, and Greece are increasing LNG purchases from Russia. Hungary and Slovakia intend to continue receiving Russian oil via the “Druzhba” pipeline. The United Kingdom has agreed for indefinite period to purchase petroleum products made from Russian oil from third countries.
In this regard, we would like to provide honest statistics: EU’s public debt has risen to 81.7 percent of GDP in 2025. The worst figures are well known: Greece has 146%, Italy 137%, France 115%, and Belgium 108%. Russia, by the way, has just 16.4%.
The EU budget deficit in 2025 will be 3.1% of GDP. Countries with the highest deficits include Poland (7.3%), Belgium (5.2%), France (5.1%), and the United States (5.9%). Russia’s is only 2.6%.
Russian Federation has one of the lowest unemployment rates among all industrialized countries – approximately 2.2% of the economically active population. In Japan, it’s 2.5%, in the eurozone, 5.9%.
Objective figures clearly show who is suffering more damage from sanctions.
❗️It’s high time for Brussels bureaucrats to stop misleading the international community about Russia’s alleged economic collapse. It would be far more expedient to stop spending European taxpayers’ money on supporting the corrupt, Nazi’ regime in Kiev.
The Embassy reserves its right to rigid reaction to any attempts to organize anti-Russian messages or actions.
