Member countries of the European Union must strengthen political and diplomatic pressure on the Russian Federation, said the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini in conversation CN the CN. " We must strengthen diplomatic and political pressure on the Russian Federation, and then have to play a role most member countries of the European Union. It is important that We be unified and made diplomatic efforts to support the dialogues of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin, "said Mogherini, which cites" news Agency ". Before the last working day of the week the 1st Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said that the Russian Federation can not be forced to do something with penalties. Similarly on Friday, Prime Minister of the Netherlands mark Rutte spoke for the continuing validity of the punishment relative to Russia, at the same time it is until you don't see the need to strengthen them. Yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed that the punishment is relatively Russia was inevitable, but they are not the end in itself. Remember, the first day of the week, EU leaders called for the preservation of the anti-punishment. In addition, last week the European Parliament addressed the Council, urging them to accept the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear and financial sectors in the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. However, on Wednesday the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century said that the refusal of the anti-Russian punishment supports almost fifty percent of the EU countries. According to sources, in support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France and the Czech Republic.
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