Tusk: the EU may decide to extend sanctions against Russia
The leaders of the EU countries have the opportunity in June to decide whether to extend the punishment relative to Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine, said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk.
He said that in June, supporters of the withdrawal of the anti-punishment will be "difficult" to convince the rest of the country, reports
first of Tusk said that the European Council decided to link the duration of economic sanctions against Russia with the full implementation of the Minsk agreement, considering that that could only happen by the end of 2015.
Answering the question whether He was sure about the extension of the punishment until the end of 2015, or circumstances have the opportunity to prevent it, Tusk said his expectations here are not so important."
Relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated due to the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the United States from the point of sanctions against certain individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy.
in response, Russia restricted imports of food items from countries that have imposed with respect to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when was expanded US sanction List.
A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news