VIENNA, October 22. /TASS/. European politicians are being forced to grudgingly acknowledge that EU sanctions have failed to bring about the collapse of the Russian economy or inflict significant damage on its defense industry, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky said at a regular meeting of the organization’s Permanent Council.

"Since February 2022, 22 packages of so-called sanctions have been adopted. Each new package is proclaimed the ‘largest in history.’ Russia’s economy has not collapsed, as the architects of the sanctions promised, but has adapted and is developing quite successfully. Russia’s military-industrial complex has not ground to a halt. On the contrary, it is actively ramping up production of the most advanced weapons systems, something Europe is being forced to acknowledge through gritted teeth," he said.

Polyansky added that sanctions against Russia have dealt a blow to the EU economy from which it has yet to recover.