The white house: the agreement with the EU on sanctions against Russia requires a lot of effort
For the implementation of General sanctions the US and EU against Russia over Crimea, takes effort, people's attention shifted to other issues, said on the first day of the week, Ben Rhodes, 1st Deputy assistant to the President for national security.
"we need to have tolerance to stick to its strategy, as if we didn't, we only are unable to put pressure on the Russian Federation. Great efforts have been made to hold punishment along with Europe at the moment, as people's attention shifts to other places, " said Rhodes, speaking at the Symposium on defense in the U.S. capital.
The conference will be asked Rhodes why American officials stopped mentioning the Crimea - is that because you consider him "lost" in American politics. Rhodes responded that North America will retain its position and will have patience in the hope that the expenses of Russia in the Crimea will increase.
"Russia has driven itself into a corner with their efforts in the Crimea, which, incidentally, will cost tens of billion dollars of extra economic burden For the Russian Federation at the moment, as they are trapped (economically)," says Rhodes.
Crimea and Sevastopol became part of Russia according to the results of the March referendum in 2014. Reunification with Russia was supported by 96, 77% of Crimean inhabitants and 95, 6% of Sevastopol. However, Ukraine and Western countries did not want to recognize the will and imposed against the region's punishment.
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