Ernest: punishment will weaken, if Moscow will perform in Minsk obligations

Dmitry Zlatarev. The white house announces that punishment against Russia have the opportunity to be weakened, If Moscow will stick to the Minsk agreements.

Official authorized White house Josh Ernest said Tuesday that he believes the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin " the man who plays the most important role in the effort to change this trend."

" If he is to fulfil the commitments already made in the framework of the Minsk agreement, you will see that the world community will start to weaken punishment because it will lead to reduced pressure on the Russian people And the Russian economy. And it will be good for the world, " said Ernest.

Speaking of daily decreasing rate of the ruble, he said he believes this trend is a consequence of failed strategy of the Russian administration.

" I think this is a sign of failure strategies centuries Putin, which aims to try to shake the country. Currently, he And his country isolated from the wider world brotherhood. They take desperate steps, trying to strengthen its currency. They face serious problems with long-term forecasts for economic improvement of the Russian Federation, " continued the Commissioner of the White house.

on the first day of the week the exchange rate of the ruble against the bi-currency basket has experienced the strongest decline since the default of 1998. Against this background, in the night of Tuesday, the Central Bank suddenly And very quickly raised the key rate from 10, 5% to 17% per annum, explaining the increased devaluation And inflation risk. But on Tuesday, the collapse continued: euros at the peak jumped 27, 7% up to 100, 74 ruble, dollar - 24, 3%, up to 80, 1 ruble.

The US, EU And several other countries have introduced against Russia punishment after the reunification of the Crimea with Russia on the results of the March referendum. The U.S. And EU also accused the Russian Federation of interfering in Ukraine's internal Affairs, Moscow denies in principle. Officials of the U.S. administration many times referred to the decrease of the rouble as evidence that punishment against Russia have the desired effect.

Brokered by Russia And the OSCE parties to the conflict in the East of Ukraine agreed in Minsk truce September 5, but was charged with one another in the violation of the agreements. Russia's own hand has stated many times about the need for consistent implementation of the Minsk agreements.


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