Finland considers undesirable, If the European Union will need to enter additional punishment concerning Russia in connection with the crisis in Ukraine, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja in interview the wall Street Journal. " on the Ukrainian crisis as we followed the General strategy and will continue to do so ", - quotes words of the Minister, ITAR-TASS reported. If Russia did not make efforts to de-escalate the fall in Ukraine, " the more far-reaching punishment will be inevitable, but that is not what we want ", recognized the Minister of foreign Affairs. Print edition cites the opinion of the head of the Confederation of Finnish industry Kai Mykkanen about the fact that the Danger of the EU and the US to close the Russian energy companies access to debt capital of West fraught with serious consequences for the Finnish companies that supply goods and services in the Russian Federation." If this happens, it increases the possibility of bringing to the GDP of Finland on 0, 5 percentage points and the loss of thousand or even tens thousand jobs ", said M. Mykkanen. On Thursday the European Commission will announce proposals for action against Russia in the spheres of defense and access to financial markets, said first head of the diplomacy of the European Union Catherine Ashton at a press conference after a meeting of the Council of foreign Ministers of the EU countries. Remember that last Friday, the European Union extended the legal basis for the use of restrictive measures of the EU in connection with the situation in Ukraine. on 17 July, the European Council adopted a final report on Ukraine, in which, for example, reported that leaders of the EU countries in the environment requested the European Commission to revise and stop for some time a number of programmes of cooperation with Russia, in Addition to cross-border cooperation and programmes of civil society. Also was assigned to the services of the European Union by the end of July to include in the new sanctions list of people and organizations, and among them from Russia, extended criteria. In addition, on July 17, the U.S. government has introduced fresh punishment relative to Russian organizations, and among them, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK, and organizations of the Russian military-industrial complex, including " Almaz-Antey " concern " Kalashnikov ". Punishment USA will affect NGOs " Izhmash ", NGO " Bazalt ", Uralvagonzavod and instrument design Bureau.
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