Russia adheres to a rather reserved position towards the West, all calls for confrontation originate primarily from North America and NATO, said head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov. " The position of the capital of Russia towards the West is cautious. Almost No retaliatory punishments. No calls for confrontation - they all come from North America and NATO ", - wrote Pushkov on the last working day of the week in your own microblog on Twitter. First Deputy Secretary General of NATO Alexander Vershbow said that the policy of Russia is forcing the Alliance to start considering the country not as a partner but as a rival. Remember, the first day of the week the U.S. government has imposed punishment on 7 citizens of Russia and 17 Russian organizations. Trapped under penalty of banks and organizations controlled by or Gennady Timchenko, or Arkady and Boris ROTENBERGER or the Bank " Russia "is already in the sanctions list of the USA. On Tuesday official printed illustrated edition of the European Union added to the sanctions list of the names of fifteen people: 10 citizens of Russia and the five commissioners of the resistance of the South-East of Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry said that Washington will continue to support Kiev, however, providing him with weapons will not lead to a rapid and radical changes in Ukraine.