The EU's decision extending until 31 January 2016 economic penalties against Russia will begin Tuesday after its publication in the published journal of the EU, said Last news in the press service of the EU Council. Sectoral punishment were adopted last of the anti-Russian measures and caused the most wide resonance and significant Economic consequences. But the Decision to extend was taken on the first day of the week without discussion - the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of member countries of the EU agreed already received the blessing ambassadors amendments to the document, due to which there are European punishment. Explaining this procedure, the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini on the first day of the week specified that referred to " a natural consequence of the decision adopted in March by the leaders of the EU countries, linking the sanctions regime with the full implementation of the Minsk agreements. the story is about the technical extension of existing measures, no change in them is not included. "This does not mean that from our side there are no attempts to improve relations with Russia, to increase the level of dialogue and understanding. There are many issues in the field, on our southern border and globally, we are working together with Russia, rather, in a constructive way, " said Mogherini, smoothing the political effect of the extension of restrictive measures. the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the first day of the week said that Moscow is deeply disappointed by the decision of the EU. As emphasized in the Ministry, in Brussels deliberately ignore the fact that the extension of restrictive measures against Russia will result in the loss of hundreds of thousand or even millions of Europeans own places. Economic penalties against Russia were introduced from 1 August 2014 for a period of a year, in September 2014 they were enlarged. The embargo on fresh contracts on import and export from the EU to the Russian Federation weapons and items and dual-use technologies. Under the penalties were Russian-owned banks and oil industry of the Russian Federation. European investors are not allowed to issue fresh loans to five major financial institutions - Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Russian agricultural Bank and Vnesheconombank for a period of more than 30 days, and you can also buy Their shares and bonds of new issues with a maturity of more than 30 days. under the sanctions have restricted access to EU capital markets a number of Russian companies, including Rosneft, Transneft and Gazprom Neft ". In addition, prohibited the supply of equipment and services for deepwater exploration and production of oil, work in the Arctic and in the shale oil in Russia. The EU also took the punishment relative to the defense sector of the Russian Federation and banned European companies to supply products of dual use of nine Russian companies. In addition to the economic sanctions against Russia, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against the Crimea, as well as individual punishment. Formal opinion on the extension of the Crimean punishment was also adopted without discussion 19 June - they will be in effect until June 23, 2016. The European Union has stated many times that these measures will continue to operate, as long as the situation with the Crimea will not change radically, As they reflect the policy of non-recognition by the EU of the accession of Crimea to Russia. The limits were developed with the ban of the import into the EU of subjects without Ukrainian certificates, later the European Union banned the import to the Crimea a significant number of items from the EU and banned investments in the economy of the Peninsula. The action of the 3rd set of penalties - individual - expires on fifteen September 2015. Ban on entry into the EU and a freeze in the EU assets entered about 150 individuals, and among them Russian officials and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics, as well as 37 legal entities. The EU considers them guilty of undermining the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. In March 2015 has been extended sanctions List of the USA, and on 22 June the head of the EU foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg have extended the economic sanctions until 31 January 2016. The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen Under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news