The European Union in the coming weeks may extend until the end of January 2016 the action of anti-Russian sanctions, The wall Street Journal referring to sources.

"The plans (on the prolongation of punishment ) has not yet been formed before the end, and some have not even been discussed at the EU level, however, a number of high position bureaucrats claim that Brussels is increasing confidence that the EU will unite around policies poslableniya pressure of the EU on Russia as long as Moscow does not fully fulfill its commitments to stop the fire (Russia many times stated about the fact that is not a party to the Ukrainian conflict ) ", - stated in the publication.

Also The wall Street Journal says that despite recent discussions about the appropriateness of continued restrictions against the Russian economy, these conversations among European officials increasingly come to naught.

at the same time the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico said that the Russian Federation will be symmetrical to answer a "fresh decision" of the EU, if they will follow.


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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