Pushkov called strange request of the EC to allow the importation of products into the Russian Federation on the background of punishment
Head of the state Duma international Affairs Alexei Pushkov called strange logic to a request from the European Commission to allow the importation of products into the Russian Federation, when European leaders announce their intention to maintain sanctions against Russia. " Obama and Cameron have plans to keep punishment, Merkel, too. And the European Commission asks us again to allow the importation of products into the Russian Federation! Strange logic, " Pushkov wrote on Twitter. First, the European Commission asked the Rosselkhoznadzor again to start trading a range of products. Yesterday the head of Barack Obama and Prime Minister Cameron D. agreed on the need to maintain the regime of sanctions against Russia. Before that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the restrictive measures of the European Union towards Russia, most likely, will not be cancelled in the spring. On Thursday, the European Parliament asked the European Council to adopt the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear and financial sectors in the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. First the wall Street Journal reported that the European Union is ready to mitigate the punishment concerning Russia and not fully normalize relations with Moscow in case of change of its position on the situation in Ukraine. In support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic.