Austrian businessman: punishment EU motivates the Russian Federation to China
Punishment of the EU against Russia destroy trust between the parties and playing into the hands of China, said the head of the Association of Industrialists of Salzburg Rudolf Crest (Rudolf Zrost) in conversation.
Crisis in Ukraine, according to his statement, effect on Austrian companies, but even more difficult situation should be expected in the future due to the imposed punishment.
" As part of the European Union, we Austrians are suddenly imposed punishment in response to the fact that the Russian Federation considers it legitimate, " he said.- It's a huge loss of confidence, which in the long run, of course, will cause much greater harm than the current situation."
According to entrepreneur, punishment destroy the close contacts between the Russian and Austrian companies. In addition, by punishment EU motivates the Russian Federation to closer economic relations with China, " added Rudolph Crust.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies It and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -
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