Delivery of items from the Eurozone countries to the Russian Federation in January-April has decreased on 13%, the import of Russian items decreased by 9%, the statistics Eurostat. the trade surplus in Russia's relations with the Eurozone decreased from 22, 6 billion to 21, 7 billion Euro, informs " news Agency referring to the wall Street Journal. Foreign trade deficiency of the European Union in relations with Russia decreased from 33, 2 billion to 30, 8 billion euros. At that, the decrease in Russian-European trade is impossible in full force be explained by the tensions arising from the Ukrainian fall, stresses the magazine. The decline began earlier. Remember, the U.S. officials on Wednesday introduced a fresh punishment relative to Russian organizations, and among them, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, as Well as energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK. They, for example, will be denied access to the US financial markets, and us companies and private persons are prohibited to grant companies loans for the period more than 90 days. The United States also have the opportunity to put pressure on any foreign organizations conducting business in the USA with the requirement to refuse the business included in the sanctions list of the Russian companies. Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, explaining the introduction of a new package of sanctions, said that US policy regarding capital of Russia arrogant and cynical. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, for his part, said that " it quietly and without fuss show, it's for punishment." He noticed that the sentences have a boomerang effect and driving Russian-American relations into a dead end.
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