Russian sanctions cost Italy €7 billion and up to 200,000 jobs – Italian MP

‘Moscow’s response to EU sanctions hit Italy’s economy hard, according to Italian parliament member from the Five Star Movement party Paola Carinelli.
“We have lost as much as €7 billion from the beginning of sanctions. The number of lost jobs could reach 200,000,” she said at a news conference in Moscow, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Carinelli said the Five Star Movement has repeatedly appealed to the Italian Cabinet to lift anti-Russian sanctions, but “the government remains deaf to our requests.”‘
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