The EU has postponed the entry into force of sanctions against Russia
The European Union finally agreed on the extension of sectoral sanctions against Russia, but postponed their entry into force in the coming days, said the head of the European Council Herman van Rompuy. " A package of new measures against Russia was adopted by the Council today (written procedure), expanding targeted measures from July 31, " said the head of the Council of Europe. According to him, " entry into force by publication in a published journal will happen in the next few days. This will allow time to assess the implementation of the Treaty on the stop-fire and peace plan ", RIA " Novosti ". However, the EU is ready or not to review the agreed punishment against Russia depending on the situation in Ukraine. EU countries in the first day of the week could not approve the introduction of sanctions against Russia automatically written procedure. It demanded the convocation of the extraordinary meeting of the ambassadors of the 28 countries of the brotherhood to discuss the situation." A source in the EU Council said that Italy, Germany, Austria, Cyprus and Finland are doing everything to delay the completion of the written procedure ".