Crimea was the only cause for the Western countries to impose penalties against Russia, because they were not satisfied with the strong and growing country, said the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov. in early March of last year the US and the EU imposed the first of punishment relative to Russian officials and bureaucrats of the Crimea, who are denied entry into the EU and frozen the assets of banks in these States because of their position in the Crimea and Ukraine. Over the past year, the sanctions list many times filled with new individuals and legal entities. Summer was added and sectoral punishment. "Western countries have found another pretext to impose penalties against Russia, even if not only was the Crimea. The Crimea came cause at some stage, " said Feldman. in his vision, the West impose penalties not to " Crimea to the knees, and in order to weaken Russia's position in the international arena. Aksenov also believes that the restoration of friendly relations with the Western States may be only after there will be democratic elections leading to a change of government. Sevastopol and the Crimea became the Russian regions after in March 2014, there were a referendum, which the overwhelming majority of voters voted for secession from Ukraine and reunification with Russia. In Crimea for entering the Russian Federation voted 96, 77%, in Sevastopol - 95, 6%. As the United States and the European Union has imposed penalties against Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences 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 was the list of individual penalties against persons, which the EU considers responsible for the destabilization of the situation in Ukraine, announced in February.