The Federation Council explained the EU's plans to strengthen sanctions after the conversation between Putin and Trump

The European Union (EU) in its current form is under the control of those whom US President Donald Trump defeated in the elections last November, and for them Russia is unacceptable in any form. This opinion was expressed by Federation Council Senator Andrei Klimov on Tuesday, May 20.

Earlier it became known that the EU countries agreed to increase sanctions pressure on Russia after a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump, reports NSN.

Klimov noted that the European Union is still controlled by the neoliberals from the Democratic Party. According to him, their agents, funds, structures and mechanisms are still operating in the European area and management continues through these levers.

According to the senator, Washington's backstage, on the one hand, continues to fight Russia, which is unacceptable to it as a civilization, and on the other hand, it is trying to weaken the American leader.

"Hence the actions of the leaders of many European Union countries and the Brussels bureaucracy, who continue to escalate the international situation and hinder the process of establishing long—term peace in Eastern Europe and the entire continent," Klimov concluded in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

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The day before, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that European countries would increase pressure on Moscow through sanctions, IA Regnum reports. According to him, Europe agreed on this with Trump after his talks with Putin.

In turn, Trump said on May 20 that the US administration was not imposing new sanctions against Russia because there was still a chance of resolving the conflict in Ukraine. 360.ru .

The American leader added that if sanctions are imposed, the situation can be made much worse. At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of introducing new sanctions, RT reports.