According to the official data, Europe lives and thrives, contrary to the opinion of patriotic Russian residents. After the annexation of Crimea, The European Union imposed sanctions against a number of Russian officials and companies. In return, the Russian government imposed a ban on the EU agricultural markets depriving its own people of the opportunity to buy high-quality food products. Russian mass media with distinct pleasure "buried" the European agriculture claiming that it would do nothing without their market. However, figures say otherwise.
The region's economy gains momentum and demonstrates excellent performance. In particular, last year the German economy was at the highest growth level in several years. Of course, the European farmers noticed the absence of Russian buyers but then they quickly found other outlets for their products which, by the way, are of high quality, unlike, for example, the Chinese ones.
Currently, no one mentions the Russian import embargo, except for the Russians themselves who are complaining about high prices. In February the economic sentiment in eurozone rose due to high rates of both the industrial and the service sectors. The eurozone economic sentiment rose to 108 points in February from 107.9 points in January, above the long-term average of 100 points. So, in fact, the retaliation of Russia against Europe, unfortunately, hit the pockets of the Russian residents only.
