A possible EU decision to extend the anti-sanctions Russia does not provide incentives to review their position on retaliation, said on Thursday Last news a source in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"It does not give us any incentives that we reviewed its principled position," - said the head of the Department.

according to his statement, " regarding the response to punishment, the Russian leadership has a set of the most different variants, which are used in order to reduce the harm from these penalties, and, conversely, to try to give impetus to domestic producers ".

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the US imposed penalties against a number of sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. The G7 leaders following the meeting, 7-8 June this year confirmed that the issue of extending sanctions against Russia before the end of 2015 will be considered by the European Council in June.

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