The question of extending the sectoral punishment of the European Union to the Russian capital has the possibility to be solved during the next EU summit in June, said a source in the diplomatic mission of one of the leading EU member States in Brussels.
"This Issue is, as expected, will be raised at the upcoming March 19-20 summit of the heads of the EU in Brussels, but in the absence of a clear deterioration of the situation in the East of Ukraine, his final decision May be deferred to the forthcoming summit of the heads of the EU, which will be held in Brussels in June," said the diplomat, reports a news Agency. He confirmed that At this time the consensus among EU countries in the issue of extending economic sanctions until reach ". On Wednesday, the 1st Vice-President of the European Commission Franz Timmermans in the European Parliament said that the restriction on capital of Russia must be part of the strategy of the European Union. In addition, on Wednesday the U.S. government introduced a fresh penalties for individuals and organizations with respect to their vision, to the crisis in Ukraine. In a list promulgated by the U.S. Treasury entered, for example, the Russian national commercial Bank (MCB), the Eurasian youth Union, and 14 Residents of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Among them the former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Secretary of the security Council DND Alexander Khodakovsky. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU and the US on the background of the progress of the Minsk agreements between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia penalties against financial, oil and defense industries.


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