The head of Spain's foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-margallo said that the European Union States have lost in the end, the introduction of anti-Russian sentences about 21 billion euros.
"punishment is costly for all of us, EU to date has lost 21 billion euros. We in Spain was heavily damaged on the part of the agriculture and tourism, " he said in Brussels, arriving at the meeting of foreign Ministers of the EU.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July last year, the EU and the US from point penalties against private individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. In response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products and some other products.
Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices began in December limits, when the head of the U.S. announced an economic blockade of the Crimea, and in the sanctions List included a number of famous figures from the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.
The list of Russian Citizens and organizations, first fell Under the sentence, the material of the Fins news
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