The extension of anti-Russian punishment occurs in violation of the unanimously accepted decisions of the UN security Council, said on the last working day of the week the speaker of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin.

"currently sabotaged the Minsk agreement, which became part of one of the resolutions of the UN security Council. Our partners if they did not notice that the Extension of anti-Russian sanctions and various accompanying gestures occur not only in circumvention of the UN security Council, but in direct violation of it unanimously adopted a decision ", - said the speaker under the bleachers on the topic of the 70th anniversary of the UN.

the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of member countries of the EU on 22 June, has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016. Wednesday, June 24th, was published by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the extension for one year of the retaliatory action of the special economic measures.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. In March 2015 has been extended sanctions List of the USA, and on 22 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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