West won't stop punishing Moscow - Lavrov on new sanctions

MOSCOW: Western countries will continue imposing sanctions against Russia because they got used to it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Tuesday.

"We understand that they are trying to blame the collapse of Minsk on us. Western colleagues will not stop to punish Russia. Over the past decades, they have become accustomed to blaming Russia for all troubles," underlined Lavrov.

Lavrov went on to say that the Minsk agreements had the potential to resolve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully and preserve its territorial integrity, but were not respected by Kiev.