The state Department called the cancellation of the last round of sanctions by the USA against Russia
The U.S. has the ability to " undo " the last round of sanctions against Russia in case of compliance with all items of the Minsk Protocol, at the same time, reviews of the US capital, the truce is placed under increasing tension, " said Commissioner of the American Ministry of foreign Affairs Marie Harf. " If Russia has fully complied with the rules of the Minsk consensus (stop fire from 5 September, then it would be the way forward, " the American diplomat said, adding that he is referring to " roll back " the latest round of sanctions against Russia, ITAR-TASS reported. Made must be " all 12 steps contained in this agreement, " she said. It turns out that Americans try to " put pressure " on Moscow with penalties, and after her promise their cancellation - And all this as if for the same purpose. Asked to explain this strange logic Harf said: " punishment was introduced in response to real Russian actions in Ukraine... now necessary to de-escalation. There is a way forward... All need to step back from the edge And move forward on a new path." At the request of the Russian television to comment on the arrival in the U.S. commander of the battalion " Donbass " Seeds Semenchenko authorized the U.S. state Department said that as far as she knew, none of the Executive power " in the U.S. capital to meet this person does not want. For legislators in the us Congress it is not obliged to report. To the question about what did not change the U.S. approach to the provision of military assistance to the current authorities in Kiev, she replied: " we have a number of requests of the Ukrainian government for help. And we are actively thinking about what else we can do. New announcements for you today, I have no. The process continues." According to American women, during the forthcoming visit to Washington of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko this talk is the most important thing about it, " anything else we can help, than we can Express support for, And what steps we can do in the current unstable truce, to give them his " cementing ".