RDIF: businessmen EU understand that punishment against Russia harming their turnover
European businessmen is increasing understanding that their turnover due punishment for Russia fall, spring this understanding can reach up to political circles, the head of the Russian direct investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev.
" We observed that the EU is not only abstract an increasing understanding that punishment harm Europe, and in fact all medium-sized organizations, and their 6 thousand, which interact with Russia, told about the fall turnover by 25-30%, " said Dmitriev correspondents.
according to him, the European institutions increased understanding of what their turnover is reduced, and their places occupied by Turkish and other organizations.
" I hope that by spring or, has the ability to be previously, this understanding of business circles will come also to the political circles of Europe ", - noted he.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.
later the list excluded goods who for one or another reason, Russia is difficult to replace: seed (potato, peas, hybrid sweet corn, onion, fry salmon and trout, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals, flavoring additives, concentrates proteins and their mixtures, dietary fiber, nutritional supplements, lactose-free milk and dairy products.
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.
The European Union on July 26, introduced penalties against fifteen Russian citizens and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), as well as against a number of Crimean organizations, such as the Sevastopol sea port and public organization " Sable ". For example, in the sanctions list includes the Director of the Federal security Service Alexander Bortnikov and the foreign intelligence Service of Russia Mikhail Fradkov, Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his Deputy Rashid Nurgaliev and member of the Council Boris Gryzlov, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are Under punishment, -
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