(VOVworld) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Saturday of trying to use sanctions imposed on Moscow in the Ukraine crisis to seek "regime change" in Russia. Russian Itar-Tass news agency quoted Lavrov as telling a meeting of the advisory Foreign and Defense Policy Council in Moscow that as for the concept behind to the use of coercive measures, the West is making clear it does not want to force Russia to change policy but wants to secure regime change.  His comments came as the US and EU have imposed a series of sanctions against Moscow for its interventions in the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Sanctions focus on Russia’s key sectors including energy, national defense, and finance, causing huge economic difficulties for Russia. In response, Russia has banned exports of many food products from the EU and US.