Sweden does not expect the adoption of trade measures against the Russian Federation at the conference of EU
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy. Sweden does not expect the adoption of trade sanctions against the Russian Federation at the conference on Wednesday and believes that the leaders will be limited by expanding the list of punishments second stage, said Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt.
" Sweden believes that we need to move towards broader financial sanctions. But I think we finish adding in persons in the list of punishments of the second stage. I think that we receive today, " said Reinfeldt reporters before the EU summit.
according to him, " there are differences among European capitals, who want to see more of the penalties in the second phase.
As said Reinfeldt, the Swedish government believes that we need to move to the third stage of punishment, because the rules put forward a couple of weeks ago, were not made by the Russians ".
first of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a conference of the European Union, which opens on Wednesday in Brussels, will be discussed fresh possible punishment concerning Russia. Moscow had said that to talk to Russia in the language of sanctions inappropriate and unproductive.
USA on March 17 decided to impose punishment is relatively high position of Russian politicians and Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries have agreed on the introduction of penalties on the Russian and Ukrainian officials, which they consider to be guilty of " undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine ". Then in the American list of nearly 20 Russian bureaucrats, businessmen and parliamentarians. Was enlarged and the sanctions list of the EU.
the authorities of the USA has included in the list of co-owner of the Rossiya Bank of Yuri Kovalchuk, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, businessmen Boris and Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko. In addition, penalties were imposed on the Bank " Russia ".
on April 28, the U.S. included in the sanctions list 7 officials of the Russian Federation and 17 organizations, and the European Union has expanded its list of fifteen people. In the end, in the sanctions lists appear more than 40 Russian politicians and businessmen, as well as among them from the Crimea. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -
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