The consequences of the new package of sanctions imposed by it on Russia will fall directly on the European Union itself.
Moscow is convinced of this, according to what was stated by the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
"The current package will have the exact same effect as the previous ones, the worsening of socio-economic problems in the EU itself," Zakharova underlined in a comment posted on the ministry's website quoted by Interfax.