1st Deputy Secretary of state Anthony Blinken has threatened Russia with new sanctions If Ukraine will violate the Minsk consensus. "If you have a fresh violation of the Minsk agreements - for example, in such places like Mariupol, I assume that the penalties will be increased ", - quotes the state Department envoy RIA " Novosti ". before the last working day of the week of the Polish foreign Ministry said that the European Union States will extend the punishment against Russia before the end of 2015 or 2016. Remember, on 5 may the European Parliament Committee on international relations blessed the draft decision calling for sanctions against Russia in case of failure of the Minsk agreements, and agreed to bring the document to valaisiana Assembly in June. On the same day the Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Sebastian Kurz said that the European Union States links the future of sanctions against Russia with the progress of the Minsk agreements on Ukraine. In response to this, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov, the penalties are not Russia's decision, for this reason, any criteria for lifting them with the EU will not be discussed. For its part, the permanent Commissioner of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said that Moscow is not engaged in dialogues with the European Union on the abolition of punishment, it is the decision of the countries of Europe make their own. On 29 April, the EU Ambassador to the US David O " Sullivan said punishment against Russia will remain in force at least until the end of the year, when the European Union will be able to assess the degree of implementation of the Minsk agreements. For its part, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the question Of the withdrawal or extension of sanctions against Russia will be discussed by the EU in July. Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in Eastern Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven.