Italy, Greece and Cyprus, as well as Spain, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders have visited in the capital of Russia May not support the extension of sanctions against Russia, informs Bloomberg. Moscow previously visited by the head of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis (in late February), Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi (in early March), and in early April in the Russian Federation is obliged to come to the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. These 3 countries, as well as Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Spain have spoken out against "Ukrainian" punishment with respect to Russia, RIA " Novosti." The block of countries opposed to punishment "will try" to designate themselves " at the start of Thursday in Brussels for a two-day EU summit, spoke out against the new restrictive measures on capital of Russia, the Agency reports." Likely developments it seems that These countries will not agree to prolong the punishment at the present time and will postpone the decision until the last moment, as long as the penalty expires, " said the Agency Ian bond, Director of the foreign policy of the London-based Centre for European reform." The confidence of the camp of countries opposed to punishment seems to be increasing, " said Bloomberg, a leading specialist in foreign policy of the European Union in Brussels the Centre for European policy studies Steven Blockmans. Earlier on Tuesday, the Minister of foreign Affairs of the presidency of the EU Council of Latvia Edgars rink?vi?s said the head of the EU countries will not discuss the issue of increasing the penalties against Russia at a conference in Brussels on 19-20 March. Remember, on 16 March, the head of the European Council Donald Tusk said that the penalties are relatively capital of Russia must continue to act in support of the execution of convicts in Minsk agreements and relations between the U.S. and the EU. His position was Later supported by British Prime Minister Cameron d. In response to this, foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said the call Tusk save penalties against Russia, calling a similar approach obstacle to the unification of the European Union. However, Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that a critical attitude to sanctions against Russia from a number of members of the European Union increases. According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the issue of sanctions with respect to Russia will be finally solved Earlier than June, in March, will be a political discussion. Before the first day of the week, the Deputy head of the Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov said that some European Union countries keep their "zealous" partners from imposing new sanctions on the Russian capital. It was later announced that Austria and the Czech Republic and Slovakia were against early renewal of sanctions on Russia. On the last working day of the week, a source in the diplomatic mission of one of the leading EU member States in Brussels said that the question of extending the sectoral punishment of the European Union to the Russian capital has the possibility to be solved only in the course of the next EU summit in June. Before that, on Wednesday, 1st Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans in the European Parliament said that the limits on capital of Russia must be part of the strategy of the European Union.
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