German Vice-Chancellor, Economic Affairs and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has warned the West against toughening sanctions against Russia and causing the country to become economically weaker, Itar Tass reports. “Those who want it provoke an even more dangerous situation for all of us in Europe,” Itar Tass quotes Gabriel as saying in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. “Those who are seeking to even more destabilize Russia from the economic and political point of view are pursuing quite different goals.” This can’t be in the interests of Germany or Europe, Gabriel said, Itar Tass reports.
