The European Union discussed the package of sanctions against Russia with Washington, But " this is a package of the EU and the decision on it was offline, told reporters on Tuesday the high-ranking source in the EU.

Washington takes a tougher stance towards Russia and actively supports the introduction into EU anti-Russian sanctions, similar to his own. But a number of large EU countries resisted this pressure and feared negative consequences for its economy, associated with the Russian far closer than the us. The US first told that coordinate their punishment with the EU. Washington imposed the next package of anti-Russian sanctions, as well as sectoral among them, 16 July.

" We are in regular contact with US since the beginning of the fall of all sanctions

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