The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka tried to convince the EU not to hurry with the tightening of sanctions against Russia and weaken, If one is mindful of the Minsk consensus, transfer Agency

Sobotka said on air of the TV channel that estimates the degree of implementation of the Minsk agreements possibly produced during the current year. If they are respected, by the end, the EU should weaken introduced before the punishment.

in the case of their violation of the EU, it may be wise to consider their extension, and at the end of the year to decide whether to tighten them, added the Czech Prime Minister. He believes that the situation in Ukraine has improved after the Minsk agreement, transfer Agency, and further developments will become clear after the elections in the Donbass.

first of Czech Director Milos Zeman said that after the establishment in Ukraine of the armistice reason for strengthening the anti-punishment no.

The country's "Big seven" and the European Union had imposed sentences about Russian politicians, entrepreneurs, and military and commodity organizations and state-owned banks. Russia responded by restricting food imports from these countries. The Minister of foreign Affairs of the presidency of the Union of Latvia's not waiting for discussion at the conference of new sanctions against Russia.


Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in February 2015, when was enlarged EU sanctions List. A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news

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