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Polish Foreign Minister Urges Stronger Sanctions on Russia
(MENAFN) Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated on Sunday that Russia will only take peace talks with Ukraine seriously once intensified economic pressure forces President Vladimir Putin to recognize that prolonging the conflict cannot achieve his aims.
Speaking to a Polish broadcaster, Sikorski emphasized that a durable resolution would only be possible when Russia’s ruling elite admits the invasion of Ukraine was a miscalculation and that restoring an empire through military force is unattainable.
“This is the problem with dictators,” he remarked. “When someone has been in power for (over) 20 years, very few people tell him what reality actually looks like.”
Sikorski stressed that sustained and coordinated sanctions remain essential to altering the Kremlin’s stance. He highlighted Poland’s role as one of the strongest advocates within the European Union for tightening restrictions on Russia’s banking system, energy exports, and access to Western technology.
He explained that measures targeting Russian oil income, together with restrictions on insurance, shipping, and price ceilings, have considerably limited Moscow’s financial flexibility, even if the political consequences take time to materialize.
Sikorski also pointed out Russia’s increasing dependence on economically unstable partners such as Venezuela, describing it as evidence of the long-term costs of exclusion from Western markets.
He noted that cooperation between Moscow and Caracas in the energy sector demonstrates Russia’s shrinking circle of allies and exposes it to further risks linked to sanctions, logistical hurdles, and unpredictable global oil prices.
Speaking to a Polish broadcaster, Sikorski emphasized that a durable resolution would only be possible when Russia’s ruling elite admits the invasion of Ukraine was a miscalculation and that restoring an empire through military force is unattainable.
“This is the problem with dictators,” he remarked. “When someone has been in power for (over) 20 years, very few people tell him what reality actually looks like.”
Sikorski stressed that sustained and coordinated sanctions remain essential to altering the Kremlin’s stance. He highlighted Poland’s role as one of the strongest advocates within the European Union for tightening restrictions on Russia’s banking system, energy exports, and access to Western technology.
He explained that measures targeting Russian oil income, together with restrictions on insurance, shipping, and price ceilings, have considerably limited Moscow’s financial flexibility, even if the political consequences take time to materialize.
Sikorski also pointed out Russia’s increasing dependence on economically unstable partners such as Venezuela, describing it as evidence of the long-term costs of exclusion from Western markets.
He noted that cooperation between Moscow and Caracas in the energy sector demonstrates Russia’s shrinking circle of allies and exposes it to further risks linked to sanctions, logistical hurdles, and unpredictable global oil prices.
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