Source: EU postponed the issue of extending sanctions against Russia until Thursday
The head of the EU foreign Ministers have postponed a decision on sanctions, related to the situation around Ukraine, until Thursday, say diplomatic sources in Brussels. " The Commission will propose fresh names (for discussion) on Thursday, " said the source, quoted by the RIA " Novosti ". First it was claimed that the head of the EU foreign Ministers on Tuesday will accept new sanctions list, which due to the extended criteria will include legal and natural persons from Russia. Also on Tuesday, the head of the foreign Ministry of great Britain and Sweden Philip Hammond and Carl Bildt told that will achieve an embargo on military supplies to the Russian Federation. The head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite Also called for an embargo on weapons for the Russian Federation because of the escalation of the fall in Ukraine. On the first day of the week Prime Minister Mr Cameron D. said that the Union of European States ready for the introduction in Russia of new punishments. Remember that last Friday, the European Union extended the legal basis for the use of restrictive measures of the EU in connection with the situation in Ukraine. on 17 July, the European Council adopted a final report on Ukraine, in which, for example, reported that leaders of the EU countries in the environment requested the European Commission to revise and stop for some time a number of programmes of cooperation with Russia, in addition to cross-border cooperation and programmes of civil society. Also was assigned to the services of the European Union by the end of July to include in the new sanctions list of people and organizations, and among them from Russia, extended criteria.