According to the head of the European Council Donald Tusk, the EU wishes to keep the punishment against Russia until all of the Minsk agreements, the criteria for the introduction of new restrictive measures until was not discussed. "must be obvious that today Europe is determined to act, including penalties, as long as the Minsk agreement will not be fully implemented. We have not discussed a possible "red line" or variants of aggression. Our job is not to give Russia and the separatists to do the following aggressive steps ", - quotes RIA "news" the answer Tusk to the question, does the EU plan of action in case of escalation in Eastern Ukraine. Tusk also said that he expected at the conference the EU in June of unity " in response to the possible bad behavior of neighbors of Ukraine ". before the first day of the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the question of the withdrawal or extension of sanctions against Russia will be discussed by the EU in July. April 25, U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry said that Washington hopes will reach full implementation of the Minsk agreement on resolving the conflict situation in the Donbass. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US on the background reached in Minsk agreements Between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia punishment, against the financial, oil and defense industries. However, in March, Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that a critical attitude to the sanctions against Russia from a number of EU members increases. In addition, the media said that Italy, Greece and Cyprus, as well As Spain, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders visited the capital of Russia, May not support the extension of sanctions against Russia. April 9, in the process of his visit to the capital of Russia, Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras said that Relations between Russia and the EU need to restart to prevent international calls for energy cooperation and the displacement of Residents. on 8 April, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed the Ukraine and the issue of introduction of sanctions against Russia from the EU. For example, Putin reminded that Russia is extremely interested in the full implementation of the Minsk agreement on Eastern Ukraine. But Tsipras said that Greece has repeatedly expressed its disagreement with the logic of imposing sanctions against Russia, such action is in fact an economic war.
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