Dispute sanctions against Crimea, as in the case of economic sanctions against Russia in the European Union, no mitigation is not worth waiting, said the European Diplomat.

on the first day of the week the head of the foreign Ministers of the EU member States intend to adopt a resolution commemorating the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia. According to policy, this will be the message of the head of the EU diplomacy Federici Mogherini on behalf of the 28 member countries of the EU, its text as finally agreed.

"We declare, do not forget that do not change their attitude. No mitigation is not worth waiting. It was always clear that any differences of opinion on the mode of punishment in the Crimea there, " said the Diplomat, who wished to remain anonymous.

penalties against the Crimea, the accession to the Russian Federation, the European Union does not recognize, were imposed for the first time in June 2014 and are valid until 23 June 2015. Limits were started with the ban of the import into the EU of items without Ukrainian certificates, later the European Union banned the import in the Crimea significant number of items from the EU and completely banned investments in the economy of the Peninsula.

The diplomat said that the conclusion about the extension of sanctions against the Crimea has the ability to be taken at any time and does not require the meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs or leaders, as the debate on this issue in the EU no.


Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed punishment because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of using such practices were the limits imposed in February 2015, when was expanded sanctions list of the EU.

The list of Russian Citizens and organizations, who are under punishment, the material of the Fins news

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