The inefficiency of the previous punishment has split the European Union, in mass media
The European Union believed the cohesion of its major trump card in the confrontation with Russia, but At this point in time the block was deeply divided, writes Austrian print edition.
yesterday Greece that it was not consistent message of the European Council about the possibility of new sanctions against Russia. In addition, according to the Kurier, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia tried to "soften" the message of the European Union. The government of Austria, for example, stands for the continuation of the dialogue with Moscow and configured against new sanctions.
by remark Kurier, the EU was disagreement on the question of the future course in General: " do I need to toughen punishment, if the previous had no impact? Or it is for this reason should not be in the future to rely on punishment?"
Expansion of sanctions may not happen soon because of the position of Greece, the magazine adds. In Brussels afraid that the new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may, at its first summit in the EU to block the conclusion of new restrictive measures.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -