Attempts to pressure Russia by means of sanctions is a dead end, Moscow will not compromise on national interests because of them, according to the report of the Department of information and press of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, made public Tuesday by the results of negotiations of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry in Sochi.

"It was noted that the escalation of conflict, Attempts at sanctions pressure on us is a dead end. The Russian Federation will not turn out to force to give up its national interests and principled position on key issues ", - is informed in the report.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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