Maria Zakharova talks about “knitting needles” & sanctions from the west…

EU Observer: “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 at a meeting with Chinese business circles in Moscow. We are chatting, and suddenly a message pops up on the phone with the news that the United States has 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 were filled with Homeric laughter. They literally groaned and burst into laughter. After the sanctioned 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 “a holy place is never empty.”

It’s scary to imagine what kind of hysteria will begin among Chinese manufacturers of knitting needles and buttons if they learn about Lithuania’s plans to “destroy Russian industrial capacities.”

Where will Lithuania go with all this if such a decision is made? I don’t know, they can put the inscription “to the evil of Russia” on their highway with buttons, nails, knitting needles and needles.

WtR