The restrictive measures of the European Union towards Russia, most likely, will not be cancelled in the Spring, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview to the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
" punishment of the European Union are valid for one year. In the spring we will deal with the question of what happens with those restrictive measures, which we decided after the annexation of Crimea. Focusing on the present position, they will remain in force, "Merkel said, RIA" Novosti ". While the Chancellor has left from the answer to the question, had whether the Restrictive measures of the West." When and how these penalties will affect and will affect whether that would be if they were not questions from the field of speculation, " said she. On Thursday, the European Parliament asked the European Council to adopt the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear and financial sectors In the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. First the wall Street Journal reported that European Southgate to mitigate the punishment concerning Russia and not fully normalize relations with Moscow in case of change of its position on the situation in Ukraine. In support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic. However, the European diplomatic source close to the Council of the EU, head of the foreign Ministry of the 28 countries of the brotherhood will not take any decisions on sanctions concerning Russia on his first this year, meeting on 19 January in Brussels. The EU commissioners have stated that in the case of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the Ukrainian fall of the European Union will be seriously rassmotretjvopros about the lifting of sanctions from Russia.


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