Punishment against Russia will not bring the results that are expected EU countries and the USA, because the goals that were put before a European and U.S. policies vary, says van WIWA, head of the research Centre of the EU and senior scientific worker of the Institute of Chongyang China, notified on the Internet representation of the Chinese TV station.
Thus, the analyst says that, despite the losses that incur EU countries, the US is not worried about the consequences of the sanctions game.
WIWA believes that this is due to the fact that the EU and the USA From the very beginning had different purposes for which they were imposed limits against the Russian economy.
First, the analyst says, the EU's punishment seeks to prevent the development of the conflict in the East of Ukraine, And at the same time, the United States "are the promise" before Moldova, Georgia, the Baltic States and even Poland " to protect them ", And at the same time - " to undermine the primacy of the President of the Russian Federation ".
Also WIWA indicates the reversibility of sanctions from the EU, there is a possibility of cancellation in the event of changes in the development situation in Ukraine. The US instituted a "irreversible" punishment, which aims to " temper the ambitions of Russia ".
In addition, the punishment of the EU and the United States directed at different objects. If the European limits relating to individual persons, trade and capital movements, the Americans directly aim at the energy and the financial sector to " significantly undermine the economic situation in Russia ".
In addition to penalties, the key issue in building Russia's relations With the Western world, Yiwei sees a possible membership of Ukraine in NATO. From his point of view, European countries understand that Ukraine's accession to the Alliance will be a "red line" for Russia, which will lead to increased conflict, And that " the EU cannot allow it."
along With this, the analyst believes that the punishment of the European countries in the future will not be much stronger because the coordination constraints all 28 member countries of the Union will be difficult once the radical left party SYRIZA won the elections in Greece.
But the US, have a smaller way tied to the business in the Russian Federation, have the ability to approve regulations alone, and it is likely to contribute to the further attempts of the sanctions pressure on Moscow.
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