Moscow has not taken steps to address the situation in Ukraine, said on the night of Thursday the head of the USA Barack Obama, in explaining entered against Russia fresh punishment. " Today I approved the next phase of penalties with respect to part of the largest Russian organisations and financial institutions, " Obama said, calling Russian Federation, for example, affect the militants to free the hostages and the ceasefire, and to Express support for international efforts to resolve, RIA " Novosti ". According to Obama, " We saw that the Russian Federation had not taken steps for the settlement of which I have named "." We expect that the Russian leadership will realize actions on Ukraine have consequences, and among them the reduction of the economy and strengthening political isolation, " said the head of the US. Obama added that Washington is taking steps towards Russia in close coordination with colleagues. The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday on the introduction of new sanctions against a number of Russian companies and credit organizations, and Also of some persons, for example, will be denied access to the US financial markets, and us companies and private persons are prohibited to grant companies loans for the period more than 90 days. The United States also have the opportunity to put pressure on any foreign organizations conducting business in the USA with the requirement to refuse the business included in the sanctions list of the Russian companies. Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, explaining the introduction of a new package of sanctions, said that US policy regarding capital of Russia arrogant and cynical." The arrogance and cynicism are the two words that most accurately characterizes us policy in the Russian direction, " He said. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, for his part, said that " it quietly and without fuss show, it's for punishment." He noticed that the sentences have a boomerang effect and driving Russian-American relations into a dead end.
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