New Delhi: Russia is convinced that the business communities from both countries and the governments will find a way to “work together despite all the limitations imposed by the sanctions”, Roscongress Foundation CEO Alexander Stuglev has said.

At a private briefing Thursday in the backdrop of Russia President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to India in four years, Stuglev told ThePrint that sanctions and limitations are imposed to create “unfair competitive advantage for the Western countries” and “whether or not to follow the sanctions is a matter for independent states (to decide on).”

They (the sanctions) have also created “huge niches and huge potential and opportunities for new players,” he argued, pointing to the rise of Chinese automakers in Russia after Western firms withdrew. “C

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