The U.S. Treasury Department has recognized the danger of punishment for capital of the United States and Brussels

When tightening sanctions against Russia is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid collateral damage to the US and the European Union, said the US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew at the University of California in Los Angeles.
" I think that the punishment that We have developed in close cooperation with our international partners, and among them the European Union and other countries, had a great influence on the Russian Federation and the Russian economy, " said Lew, ITAR-TASS.. in confirmation of his words, he led the statements that were made on Tuesday, former Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, head of Department of civil initiatives Alexei Kudrin during the conference at the chamber of Commerce. Along with this, According to Liu, sanctions against Russia were prepared so as to cause the least possible adverse harm to Europe, the US and the global economy." It is clear that With the advancement in regard to punishment, it is becoming increasingly difficult to protect such collateral damage, " declared the head of the U.S. Treasury. According to him, " this is taking all efforts."" Our goal is not to harm the global economy, and not to harm the Russian economy, Our goal is to change the way in which Russia's leaders make decisions, " he explained.- I think that punishment is an effective way to create rules to implement this task." It is difficult to say what would be required to change their (Russian) calculations, " said Lew.- At the present time in connection with the cease-fire in Ukraine has been able to resolve all of this in a diplomatic way, that, as We have always said, and it was our aim." We will maintain the pressure until this is resolved, " said the head of the U.S. Treasury. However, he did not want to add, have plans whether the United States should make efforts to turn Russia from a system of SWIFT. Lew said that North America continues to see different possibilities in order to tighten economic isolation of Russia ".

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