Entered against Russia penalties are already working, But the US has more leverage with Moscow in connection with the crisis in Ukraine, said the US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on the results of the meeting with the Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis.
"We observed," said Lew, " that the punishment already working, has created a real tension in Economics (Russia) "." But We have additional tools, " continued the Head of the U.S. Treasury.- Don't Want them ". Dombrovskis has said that the sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation from the EU and the US must remain in connection with the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, reports TASS." last year, the EU and the US agreed on sanctions against Russia. We observe that they are working from a position of the economy. But the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine shows that the sanctions pressure should be maintained, as long as political commitments will Not be made (Russia), " said Dombrovskis. First the wall Street Journal said that North America and the European Union has Not developed specific proposals for new sanctions against Russia, despite the message of the head of the White house, Barack Hussein Obama's readiness for the new measures pressure on Moscow. First of leader Barack Obama said that Washington will look fresh ways of pressure on the Russian Federation. The head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini also said that the EU should intensify political and diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation. According to sources, on this issue the European Union may declare in the next few days of the emergency Council of Russia at the level of heads of foreign ministries of the countries of the brotherhood, But the conclusion about new sanctions against the Russian capital is unlikely to be accepted.


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