The Federal Association of chambers of Commerce and industry of Germany (DIHK) informed about considerable reduction in the volume of German exports to the Russian Federation against the background of the Ukrainian fall, writes.

according to information of Association released Tuesday, export deliveries in 2014 have the opportunity to decline by at least 17 %, i.e. approximately six billion euros.

German organizations in Moscow and St. Petersburg are seriously concerned that the majority of Russian companies have the opportunity in the near future to stop the work with clients, informs Deutsche Welle.

according to the comments of the head of the DIHK Volker Triera, " in part, this was already " and the German-Russian economic relations " at the moment, seriously hindered ". Special concerns Germans are associated with the continued cooperation in machine-building sphere.

first it was claimed that the German economy, if will be further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict.


The US and the EU does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and called such accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March, has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of use of such practices have become July punishment.

The European Union on July 26 imposed a punishment against fifteen citizens of Russia and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), and also against a number of Crimean organizations, such as the Sevastopol sea port and public organization " Sobol ". For example, in the sanctions list includes the Director of the Federal security Service Alexander Bortnikov and foreign intelligence Service of Russia Mikhail Fradkov, Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his Deputy Rashid Nurgaliev and member of the Board Boris Gryzlov, leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev.

in the U.S. capital and Brussels when it is ready if necessary to make wider sanctions lists. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -

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