The European Union considers the option of imposing restrictions on the workplace in EU Russian credit organizations, the country's participation in capital of which exceeds 50%.
" in such case the punishment will fall into the EU Sberbank and VTB. On the London stock exchange quoted shares, and the banks themselves attracted to exchange 16, 4 billion dollars ", - is reported in the publication Times, which cites ITAR-TASS. Possible ban will cost the city of London in hundreds of million pounds, stresses the magazine. Before that, it was declared that the EU may take action to ban for Europeans to purchase the debentures and the shares of all Russian credit organizations with state participation has more than 50%. On Thursday the Committee of permanent Plenipotentiaries of the EU countries on Thursday extended the sanctions list to include the names of fifteen Residents of Russia and Ukraine, as Well as 18 organizations. According to media reports, the New sanctions list of the European Union made the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the foreign intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, as Well as security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. New sanctions list on Ukraine will be posted and will start working on the last working day of the week in the evening. It was stated that on Thursday the European Commission will announce proposals for action against Russia in the spheres of defense and access to financial markets. on 18 July, the European Union extended the legal basis for the use of restrictive measures of the EU in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The European Council of 17 July adopted a final report on Ukraine, in which, for example, it is reported that the leaders of EU member States asked the European Commission to revise and stop for some time a number of programmes of cooperation with Russia, in addition to cross-border cooperation and programmes of civil society. Also on July 17, the U.S. government has introduced fresh punishment relative to Russian organizations, and among them, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK, and organizations of the Russian military-industrial complex, including " Almaz-Antey " concern " Kalashnikov ". Punishment USA will affect NGOs " Izhmash ", NGO " Bazalt ", Uralvagonzavod and instrument design Bureau.

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