The overwhelming majority of Germans - 52% - stands for toughening of sanctions concerning Russia, about it declare the results of a survey conducted by the research company TNS Infratest for the magazine.

According to most respondents, they stand for punishment, even if Germany threatens " the loss of jobs." Another 39% of participants of the research consider that the introduction of penalties need to first conduct a Survey of the Residents. While 40% believe that the German government can make such decisions on their own, and 54% uproshenia disagree and would like the public to participate.

The survey was conducted on 1 thousand Inhabitants of Germany in the period from 23 to 24 July, the error is up to 3, 1 percentage point.

After the disaster in Ukraine Malaysian aircraft of the USA and EU countries conduct the dialogue on strengthening sanctions concerning Russia. The largest EU countries - France and Germany - take a more moderate position, UK and Poland are the most strict.

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