Maria Zakharova via Telegram:
EUobserver: “Lithuania wants to ban the export of nails, buttons, sewing needles, and knitting needles to Russia. Such proposals for the 12th package of EU sanctions are part of Vilnius’ plans to “destroy Russian industrial capacity.”
A year ago I was in a meeting with Chinese business representatives in Moscow. We were having a conversation, and suddenly a message popped up on the phone with the news that the United States had adopted yet another anti-Russian sanctions measures banning the supply of elevators and related equipment to Russia. According to the authors of this decision, this measure should “paralyze the construction industry in Russia.” When I read this news to my Chinese colleagues, they started laughing. They literally groaned and burst into laughter. After the sanction hara-kiri of the Japanese automobile industry on the Russian market, the most incredible dream of Chinese manufacturers came true, who in six months reconfirmed the truth that “nature abhors a vacuum”.
It’s scary to imagine what kind of laughter will begin among Chinese manufacturers of knitting needles and buttons if they learn about Lithuania’s plans to “destroy Russian industrial capacities.”
What will Lithuania do with all its supplies if such a decision is implemented? I don’t know, maybe they can make a sign “to the detriment of Russia” on their highway out of buttons, nails, knitting needles, and needles».
