“Russia is not complaining, but explaining.”
Russia has done nothing but complain about the sanctions since they were first issued. Which will never succeed in lifting the sanctions.
Russia could just send their troops back home to Russia where they belong, and that would probably result in the sanctions being eased, but then Putin’s pride would be hurt, so he’s willing to make every Russian sacrifice instead.
This ship has long sailed. If the Ukrainians obeyed the Minsk agreements, Donbas and Lugansk could have been still theirs. Until the collapse of the Istanbul talks they had the chance to keep the rest. Now they’re quite out of options.
All of the sanctions should be ended immediately.
The sanctions are hurting the West more than they are hurting the Russians. Most of the world are ignoring the sanctions.