Punishment because of the Ukrainian fall not have the opportunity to be the " last reply ", Berlin needs in the future in relations with Moscow, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. "penalties against Russia have the opportunity to be the last answer. We need perspective in relations between Berlin and capital of Russia ", - said Steinmeier, whose words are in the message of the diplomatic Department on Twitter Twitter.
on the first day of the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel after talks with the presidents of France and Ukraine, Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko said there were disagreements between the West and Russia over Ukraine, and they should certainly be addressed. In June, the EU Council formally extended punishment against Russia for another six months ? until 31 January 2016. In addition, on 19 June, the Council of the European Union officially confirmed the extension of sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2016. 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 Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, said the signing of the decree on the extension of protective measures from 6 August 2015, and the Cabinet of Ministers of Russia issued a decree on the renewal of countermeasures relative to the countries that supported anti-Russian punishment.
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