Austria, in contrast to Germany and the United States, opposes expanding punishments towards Russia. About it said Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, informs the Austrian magazine.

" We are confident that dialogues with the participation of Russia is the right way, " said Faymann. He also said that Previously doubted the efficiency of sanctions against Russia in the context of the settlement of the Ukrainian fall.

" I have always said that they (sanctions) - this is just a small piece of the mosaic, though very undesirable. The Austrians have always stood for political dialogue, and We will continue to insist on this in the future, " said the Chancellor.

According to the magazine, in Austria there is good reason not to impose new sanctions on Russia, such as the high dependence of many national organizations from Russia. So, the RBI receives a significant portion of the profits from Russia and energy Firm OMV, together with the Russian Gazprom is involved in the construction of the pipeline " South stream ".

before Austria had declared their intention to continue the construction of the South stream gas pipeline, proposed by Russia in order to stop the transit through the territory of Ukraine.

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