The EU leaders decided to make wider existing penalties regarding Russia, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the results of the EU summit in Brussels.
" We agreed that the scope of punishment for which We have asked the European Commission to prepare proposals will remain the same, " said Merkel, RIA " Novosti ". Before Merkel said that the summit of the European Union asked the European Commission during the week to prepare proposals for new sanctions concerning Russia. The head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said that the European Commission has prepared options for new penalties regarding Russia, in case the Council decides about their gain. The head of the French Republic Francois Hollande has no doubt that the Leaders of the European Union will take a fresh punishment on the Russian capital because of the situation in Ukraine. For his part, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko suggested that fresh punishment EU against Russia will create the motivation for the " real " negotiations to de-escalate the situation in the East of Ukraine. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products. Moscow has stated many times that talking with Russia language of punishment is inappropriate and unproductive.

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