Conclusion on the introduction of new sanctions on the Russian capital was delayed for several days because of the position of Helsinki, writes the wall Street Journal. " certain countries, led by Finland wanted to enter new sanctions into force was postponed until going dialogues between Kiev, Moscow and Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine ", - noted in the publication, reports ITAR-TASS. The print edition also gave the message that on this issue was made by the Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb." in General, Finland is of the opinion that At the present time, the wrong time (for new sanctions ", he said pointing, noting that " there will be debate about the extent to which (sanctions) will be presented in a published journal of the EU. In addition, the Finnish Prime Minister said that he had concerns regarding " the possible impact of retaliatory punishment from Russia ". The print edition of this underlines: " Finland has a common border with Russia over 1, 3 thousand Miles and took the profit from tourism and trade with its huge neighbor. In the past during the Ukrainian falling Finland was incorporated in a number of EU countries, have had doubts about the increasing economic pressure on the Russian Federation ". First Director of the office of the financial times in Brussels Peter Spiegel also said that the adoption of sanctions against Russia the European Union has been postponed due to the position of one country of the community, according to one version, Finland. At the same time, a source in the EU Council said that Italy, Germany, Austria, Cyprus and Finland are doing everything to delay the completion of the written procedure ". Remember, the first day of the week the EU could not approve the introduction of sanctions against Russia automatic writing procedure and delayed their introduction.
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