Merkel: removing penalties Russia must do more to influence the militia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Russian Federation as long as enough affects the militia to cancel penalties against it. " there's no reason to abolish them ", she said in Berlin. Merkel called " illegal " elections in DND and LNR and expressed the opinion that Moscow must do more to influence the militia, in order to prevent escalation of the conflict, reports TASS." Russia while still not making efforts in this extent we would like, " said she, pointing to the importance of observance by all parties of the Minsk agreements. The German government has consistently maintained a diplomatic settlement of the Ukrainian falling, said the Chancellor. First Tuesday was published interview with the head of European diplomacy Federica, Magarini, in which she said that the usefulness of sanctions by the EU against Russia from the political point of view is controversial. On the same day, the EC released economic forecast, in which it is planned that the punishment against Russia will be abolished in 2015. At the same time, the USA and Germany are scared of Russia new punishments on the background of the positive reaction of the Russian capital Held in Novorossia elections. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin and the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov most other Russian politicians have stressed on many occasions that introduced against Russia penalties from the U.S. and EU will hit the boomerang by themselves initiators of these restrictions and isolation of Russia " is ephemeral and impossible.