The people's Deputy of the state Duma Leonid Slutsky called the introduction of new sanctions against Russia disastrous for the EU.


"in his own confrontation with Russia, the USA perceive the European Union as" infantry ": if sanctions in the attack to collapse the economy of the EU - well, infantry is killed ", - he wrote.

punishment relative to Russia imposed by Western countries because of their positions on Crimea and Ukraine. Over the past year the sanctions List, many times replenished with new individuals and legal entities. Summer 2014 was added and sectoral economic penalties. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.

on the first day of the week it was announced the EU's decision to extend punishment for another six months.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position. In March 2015 has been extended sanctions List of the USA, and on 21 June the head of the EU foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg have extended the economic sanctions until 31 January 2016.

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

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