Germany and Italy have the most to lose if the European Union makes good on its threat to impose harsher sanctions on Moscow, while Britain’s overseas territories are soaking up the lion’s share of capital streaming out of Russia.
The picture emerging from United Nations and European Union data shows the impact of restricting trade with Russia would be far from even, with Germany dwarfing others’ exposure and those urging sanctions loudest, such as Sweden, having less at stake.
That makes an EU plan to consider limiting Russian access to European defense and energy technology more difficult, despite pressure from the United …read more
Source: Voice of America
