Because of the penalties imposed by the EU for Russia, the export of items from Germany to the Russian Federation decreased by more than a quarter, informs referring to the Federal statistics service (Destais).

according to the information Destais, in the last month of summer of this year, Germany exported goods at 2, ? 3 billion, which is 26, 3% less in comparison with August went.

Also provides data on exports of German products in the period from January to August 2014. In a specified period of time he decreased 16, 6 percent compared with the previous year.

certain managers of large German factories many times already agitated German Chancellor Angela Merkel to cancel the punishment for Russia. However, according to the Chancellor, economic measures against Russia does not undergo any change as long as the situation in the East of Ukraine will not become stable.

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