Poroshenko tried to convince to " a new wave of sanctions against Russia
Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko tried to convince the world the Commonwealth ahead of time to prepare a new wave of sanctions against Russia in case of escalation of the confrontation in the Donbass, said the press service of the President. at a meeting with U.S. Congress delegation, which will participate in the meeting of the parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE in Helsinki, the Ukrainian head Petro Poroshenko tried to convince the "international community" ahead of time to prepare a new wave of sanctions against Russia in case of escalation of the confrontation in the Donbass. "We need an effective and coordinated plan in case of failure of the Minsk agreements. The story is about a new wave of sanctions, well-coordinated actions. Russia must pay a fair price for the murder of Ukrainians and the occupation of Ukraine. She is obliged to bear responsibility for it ", - quotes Poroshenko RIA " Novosti ". As reported by the print edition OPINION, 22 June the EU Council formally extended punishment against Russia for another six months, until 31 January 2016. The Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had signed a decree on the extension of protective measures, starting from 6 August 2015, the government has promulgated a decree on the renewal of countermeasures relative to the countries that supported the punishment. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that Moscow is disappointed by the decision of Brussels on the extension of economic sanctions against Russia, noting that the EU is deliberately ignoring the fact that the extension of restrictive measures will result in the loss of jobs to hundreds of thousands of Europeans. The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the extension of EU sanctions against Russia unjustified and illegal, and the speaker of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin ? the failures of the decision, the resolution of the UN security Council. Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. ordered the chief of the government staff Sergei Prikhodko to prepare proposals on the introduction of retaliatory restrictive measures in connection with the extension of the punishment.