O " Sullivan: the EU will keep sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation before the end of the year
European punishment is relatively Russia will remain in force at least until the end of the year, said EU Ambassador to the US David O "Sullivan (David O" Sullivan) at the meeting with editors and reporters of the Agency in the U.S. capital.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US against certain individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of Russia's economy. In response, Russia food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
According to O'sullivan, the penalties will remain in effect until at least the end of the year when the EU will be able to assess the degree.
According to the EU Ambassador to the US, before the European Council " has made clear that the penalties will be in effect as long as long as will not be fully made by the Minsk agreement ". He has supplemented his words by the fact that they " cannot be assessed until the end of the year."
The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE. The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.
Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.
The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news
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