Nine EU countries - Italy, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia ready to block attempts to enter against Russia economic punishment at the conference on July 16, said a diplomatic source in the permanent representation to the EU one of the Western European countries. " France, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, and presidency of the EU Italy see no reason in the present conditions for the introduction of sectoral trade and economic sanctions against Russia and will address the conference against the measure. Anyway therefore looks at the situation today in the Committee of the EU on the level of permanent representatives, which is often very accurately reflects the balance of power in the beginning of the summit of the brotherhood, " said the diplomat, quoted by ITAR-TASS. He said that the conclusion of any restrictive measures of trade and economic character against Russia at the conference has the ability to only be taken unanimously by all 28 countries of the EU, any of the countries of the brotherhood can veto on this issue. First it was claimed that the EU planned to discuss fresh punishment at the conference on July 16. Recall, in March the West, not recognizing the unification of Russia and Crimea, has imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians and businessmen. USA on April 28 in connection With the situation in Ukraine was included in the sanctions list of the 7 Russian nationals and 17 organizations, widening it to almost 50 politicians and entrepreneurs from Russia and Ukraine. The European Union has extended sanctions list of Russian citizens for another fifteen, and later at 13 people, to 61 people. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, head of Russian Foreign Minister S. Lavrov Century, and the majority of officials, deputies and large Authorized business many times emphasized that entered against Russia punishment from the US and the EU will hit boomerangs by the initiators of these restrictions. With it agree and certain figures abroad. Thus, the German Federal Union of wholesale and foreign trade and service industries (BGA) in March cautioned against the introduction of sanctions against Russia, as the head of the Board of Wintershall Rainer Seele, as well as the Executive Director of the Eastern division of the German economy Rainer Lindner.
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