State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin called the introduction by Ukraine of sanctions against the Russian Federation, such as parliamentarians, negative sign.

"This sign is negative, another negative sign on the Ukrainian side," - said Naryshkin correspondents.

"You know, it reminds me of Krylov's fable" the elephant and the Pug ", he added.

on Wednesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has put into effect the punishment against the Russian Federation for a period of one year. The sanctions list has incorporated 388 physical and 105 legal entities.

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