KYIV, June 7 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that while some western sanctions had already dealt a severe blow to the Russian economy, they "have not really influenced the Russian position."

He said this on Tuesday at the FT's Global Boardroom conference, the Financial Times reported.

According to him, Moscow was constantly finding ways to circumvent sanctions. He also suggested that some western governments were already tiring of the economic fallout from sanctions on Russia and were looking for ways to soften the impact to protect their own commercial interests.