The European Union is looking for ways out of the policy of sanctions against Russia, but this does not correspond to the interests of the United States, said the Director of the Institute of Ron Paul Daniel McAdams in the conversation.
punishment against Russia led to the boomerang effect from the economic point of view, which affects residents of the EU, while the EU is faced with strong pressure from the US capital, emphasizes the analyst.
"It is clear that Europeans, at least the French and the Germans, looking for the exit policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation as amended), which hit their economies much more than they thought, stronger than they expected," said McAdams, Recalling that the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande said that if the talks in Kazakhstan, progress will be made, the punishment is relatively Russia will be promptly cancelled.
the expert drew attention, So the EU is trying to find a way out of the looming recession.
USA, reviews Macadams, unable to admit their mistakes in the support of the coup in Ukraine. So now they are doing everything they can to prevent progress in the peace talks.
"I think the United States will continue to put pressure on Brussels and the governments of individual EU countries in order to maintain a clear and firm position on sanctions," - emphasizes the expert.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -
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