{"id":13594,"date":"2014-03-27T10:11:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T10:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13594"},"modified":"2014-03-27T10:11:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T10:11:20","slug":"sanctions-against-russia-a-stupid-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13594","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Sanctions against Russia a stupid idea&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13595\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/helmut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13595\" alt=\"Helmut Schmidt\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/helmut.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helmut Schmidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow\u2019s actions in the Crimea are comprehensible, former German chancellor, Helmut Schmidt said, criticizing the Western reaction to the peninsula\u2019s reunification with Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Vladimir Putin\u2019s approach to the Crimean issue is \u201ccompletely understandable,\u201d Schmidt wrote in Die Zeit newspaper where he\u2019s employed as an editor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the sanctions, which target individual Russian politicians and businessmen, employed by the EU and the US against Russia are \u201ca stupid idea,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The current restrictive measures are of symbolic nature, but if more serious economic sanctions are introduced \u201cthey\u2019ll hit the West as hard as Russia,\u201d Schmidt warned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also believes that the refusal of the Western countries to cooperate with Russia in the framework of the G8 is a wrong decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt would\u2019ve been ideal to get together now. It would certainly do a lot more to promotion of peace than the threats of sanctions,\u201d the ex-chancellor explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the G8 itself isn\u2019t that as important as the G20, in which Russia remains a member, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schmidt executed the duties of chancellor of West Germany in 1974-82, also working as the country\u2019s finance, economy and defense minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: RT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow\u2019s actions in the Crimea are comprehensible, former German chancellor, Helmut Schmidt said, criticizing the Western reaction to the peninsula\u2019s reunification with Russia. President Vladimir Putin\u2019s approach to the Crimean issue is \u201ccompletely understandable,\u201d Schmidt wrote in Die Zeit newspaper where he\u2019s employed as an editor. 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