The head of the European Council Donald Tusk believes that the "core" EU countries, such as Germany and France, have plans to Express support for the extension of sanctions concerning the Russian Federation at the conference of the European Union in June, He said in the interview to the newspaper.
Tusk also said that "large group" of European countries supported the removal of the punishment. However, He drew attention to the fact that nobody speaks about strengthening the " prohibitive measures, the Agency reports.
before Tusk declared that the Union of European States wished to retain the punishment against Russia until full implementation of the Minsk agreements. He said that he expected at the conference the EU in June of unity " in response to the possible bad behavior of neighbors of Ukraine ".
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of Russia's economy. In response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have entered against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and several other products.
Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List Australia.
The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen Under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news
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