Moscow has dismissed the new punitive measures in the EU’s 14th sanctions package against Russia,saying the sanctions are ineffective and will actually hurt the European Union. The West is not looking at the consequences for its own economy or for the prosperity of people in the EU, said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko in Moscow. Russia expects economic growth of over 3% this year, more than 10 times that of Germany, for example. “The purpose of the sanctions was to strangle the Russian economy and destroy the cohesion of society. The EU has achieved the opposite,” said Grushko. Russ…