Sanctions Against Russia Aren’t Working, Need to Be More ‘Robust,’ Says Polish Prime Minister

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 22, 2021. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

WARSAW, Poland—Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine aren’t having their intended impact, with the rebound of the Russian ruble proof that the existing measures are “not robust enough.”

Morawiecki on Saturday met with EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola at a reception center near Warsaw for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.