DISINFO: The West dislikes Russia and imposes sanctions
SUMMARY
The West dislikes Russia because it thought that Moscow would follow specific Western-oriented expectations. Since Russia did not follow this path, the West imposed sanctions on issues such as Ukraine and Crimea.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the West and sanctions against Russia.
Despite fundamental differences, the EU and Russia have a fundamental common responsibility for peace and security on the European continent. The European Union will continue to push back on Russia's violations of human rights and international law; constrain Russia's attempts to undermine the EU interests and engage with Russia to tackle key challenges in public health, climate change and support civil society and human rights defenders in Russia. Read more here.
The EU introduced a series of restrictive measures against Russia starting in 2014 as a response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.
See earlier related disinformation claims, alleging that Western sanctions against Russia will be in place forever; Sanctions against Moscow aim to weaken the unity of Russians; Western sanctions are illegal and hostile actions.