The state Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin considers the policy of punishment deadlock by, and informs, that in spite of personal punishment against him, came to France to lead an open dialogue, and hopes for its effectiveness.

on the first day of the week the Agency AAR announced that Australia will join the sectoral sanctions against Russia's economy entered before the authorities of the European Union. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that these measures will be taken in connection with the " gross infractions of the sovereignty of Ukraine ".

" I think the punishment and corporate and Personal sectoral dead-end path, " said Naryshkin correspondents on the first day of the week.

Speaker of the state Duma came to France to participate in the presidential Committee on the invitation of the head Assembly.

Personal punishment Naryshkin called " absurd anti-democratic measure, which is contrary to all European democratic traditions." The absurdity in the fact that, on the one hand, most politicians in the West have reported about the fact that without Russia, without dialogue with Russia it is impossible to detect the output in complex domestic conflict, and, on the reverse side, they limit themselves in contacts with Russian politicians, Russian parliamentarians ", he said.

Speaker of the state Duma said that though it has also imposed a punishment, he came to France at the invitation of PACE in order to maintain an open dialogue in the hope of greater understanding: " I look forward to the result.

At the end of July the EU After the United States introduced the so-called sectoral economic sanctions against Russia, the position of which in Ukraine is at odds with the West. In response, Russia restricted imports 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.

Additional punishment, which can connect Australia indicate limits on the export of arms and oil and gas equipment, for a number of Russian credit institutions will have limited access to the capital market of Australia. In addition, the Australian investors will prohibit investments in the infrastructure of Crimea and Sevastopol. When the punishment will come into force, does not say. In his own speech, the Prime Minister of Australia did not mention any restrictions on the export of uranium, which has been reported before.

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