Prime Minister of Finland: it is necessary to find the correct decision on sanctions
Natalia Dobrovolskaya. Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb believes that the relatively sanctions against Russia, it is Important to Express support for the pressure and at the same time it is necessary to find the right balance.
According to Stubb, He met this morning with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who was said about sanctions." It is important to Express support for the pressure, and at the same time it is Important to find the right balance. I think the good news regarding the dialogue between Putin and Poroshenko. I think that is good news regarding the ceasefire, but bad news that the border is still unstable, " said He, answering the journalist's question, whether de-escalate in the East of Ukraine, that there was more sanctions against Russia. He said that " we must find out."
The U.S. and EU imposed a punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations after joining in March of Crimea in structure of the Russian Federation on the results of the referendum. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has named these penalties counterproductive. The West many times threatened to make wider punishment, as well as among them typing limits on exports to the Russian Federation technologies for the oil and gas sector.
USA on March 17 decided to impose punishment is relatively high position of Russian politicians and Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries have agreed on the introduction of penalties on the Russian and Ukrainian officials, which they consider to be guilty of " undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine ". Then in the American list of nearly 20 Russian bureaucrats, businessmen and parliamentarians. Was enlarged and the sanctions list of the EU.
the authorities of the USA has included in the list of co-owner of the Rossiya Bank of Yuri Kovalchuk, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, businessmen Boris and Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko. In addition, penalties were imposed on the Bank " Russia ". on April 28, the U.S. included in the sanctions list 7 officials of the Russian Federation and 17 organizations, and the European Union has expanded its list of fifteen people. In the end, in the sanctions lists appear more than 40 Russian politicians and businessmen, as well as among them from the Crimea. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -