Irina Chumakova. The British foreign Secretary Philip Hammond agitates the EU to consider sanctions weapons " as part of strategic diplomacy of the future, as, according to his vision, the situation with the Ukrainian crisis provided that it has the ability to be a strong tool. in his vision, the EU comes to understand, " how strong is a strategic tool has the ability to be the sanctions weapon." My message to European partners - see further relations of Russia and Ukraine, consider the message that you do about the sanctions weapon as part of strategic diplomacy in the future, " said Minister of foreign Affairs of Britain, speaking on the first day of the week at London's Royal Institute of international Affairs (Chatham House). first in his own speech, he also reiterated his party's position on sanctions against Russia - they will continue until full implementation of the Minsk agreements. Britain is the most tough stance on Russia. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. Before the US and EU has imposed punishment on a number of Russian Residents, they are prohibited from entering the EU because of their positions on Crimea and Ukraine. Over the past year the sanctions list, many times replenished with new individuals and legal entities. Summer 2014 was added and sectoral economic penalties.