Russia says EU business suffers from U.S. sanctions on Russia: RIA

[May 18, 2018]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that European business is being forced to pay for sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States, RIA news agency reported on Friday.

He said that U.S. sanctions hurt the world economy and are aimed at promoting American commercial interests.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Christian Lowe)

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