White house: no punishment forced Russia to accept the need for the United States decision
Dmitry Zlatarev. White house considers "successful" punishment concerning Russia, but recognizes that they are not forced to accept her need for a U.S. decision on Ukraine.
Official authorized White house Josh Ernest said on Thursday reporters that the last time Washington had seen successful economic pressure on Moscow. He acknowledged, because it is caused by the low prices for oil and other things, but also the punishment.
However, According to Ernest, this has not led to solutions that can be expected from Russia." This is why we consider a wide range of issues related to our strategy on Ukraine, drew attention Ernest, referring to the possibility of providing Kyiv direct military assistance.
at the same time authorized the White house said that " one aspect of this strategy is to assist the Ukrainian government financial assistance.
Relations between the Russian Federation and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the United States from a point penalties against individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.