Obama: U.S. will increase pressure on the Russian Federation and to support Ukraine
Leader Barack Obama said that Washington will increase pressure on the Russian Federation and to support Ukraine. "We will stick to this "bilateral" of the course is to increase pressure on the Russian Federation and to support Ukraine, making it clear to Putin that We can still go this path and to resolve the situation by diplomatic means, " Obama said in an interview CN CN, reports a news Agency. The White house also said that He does not Harbor a special confidence " regarding the likelihood that the Russian Federation will change position relative to the fall in the Ukraine. Barack Obama also again subjected to prosecution of the Russian Federation in support of the militia in Ukraine." We still see that the separatists (in the West as a militia - approx. OPINION) financed by Russia ", - says the head of the United States. According to the head of the White house, Washington also wants to " continue to support the economy of Ukraine and initiated Kiev reform ". First of leader Barack Obama said that Washington will look fresh ways of pressure on the Russian Federation. on January 23, the Head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini also said that the EU should intensify political and diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation. However, the head of Department for international Affairs of the state Duma, Alexei Pushkov said that North America and the European Union "played in" isolation " Russia ". On the first day of the weekend a constant authorized of Russia to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that the economic penalties of Brussels on the Russian capital have the opportunity to be cancelled this summer. Remember, on Thursday, the Ministers of foreign Affairs of the member countries of the European Union decided to extend until September of individual sanctions against the country, as well as militias in the Donbass. Anyway the results of the meeting Greece has made exceptions to the communiqu? paragraph on the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, as well as statements on the occasion of the Moscow responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine. So, the story is only about the extension and expansion of the existing anti-Russian actions. In explaining the decision of the foreign Ministers of the EU countries, Russia's permanent representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that European Ministers again missed a chance to get out of a rut superficial perception of the situation in Ukraine. He also said, because this decision undermines the partnership with Russia.