![Sanctions effect: Russia to change its economic partners… for the better Sanctions effect: Russia to change its economic partners… for the better](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/44.si_-310x168.jpg)
Western sanctions might push Russia to deepen cooperation with BRICS states, in particular, to strengthen its ties with China, which will possibly turn out to be a big catastrophe for the US and the EU some time later. On March 18, the spokesperson for the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, claimed in a BBC interview that Russia would switch to new partners in case of economic sanctions being imposed by the European Union and the United States.