The unwinding of the sanctions spiral of the West leads to a dead end, doesn't help matters, and creates additional obstacles to their resolution, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century in conversation Norwegian newspaper.

" As punishment, we are principled opponents of such methods, consider them from all sides counterproductive. The unwinding of the sanctions spiral leads to a dead end, doesn't help matters, but, on the contrary, creates additional obstacles to their resolution. As punishment, the EU and accession countries pursued, among other things, the purpose is to degrade the rules of lending to Russian farmers, we had to take in response protective measures to support their positions against unfair competition ", he said.


The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the 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 the use of such practices began in September punishment.

A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -


The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin on 6 August on the individual to ensure safety. The import of a number of items from countries that have imposed penalties on the Russian capital, limited to year. In the corresponding list includes beef, pork, fruits, poultry, cheeses and dairy products, nuts, and other products. A complete list of prohibited importation into the Russian Federation of products -

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