Agency: fresh penalties against Russia will adversely affect the business of the USA

Fresh sanctions against Russia will have a negative impact on business in the USA is considered a number of prominent politicians from America, informs on the last working day of the week the Agency.

on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry warned Moscow that North America and the EU are preparing fresh economic sanctions against Russia if it will not help de-escalate the situation in Ukraine.

some Republicans say - " You are killing American business " new economic penalties, said in an interview Bloomberg, former head of the defense Ministry of the USA William Cohen, who represents the Republican party in the U.S. Senate from the state of Maine.

a similar opinion has Republican Senator from Tennessee Bob Corker." There are times when our policy in the international sphere undermines the desire of individual Commerce and is currently one of these days, " said He, explaining additional punishment against Russia. The politician from the Republican party John Fiery believes that punishment only from the United States " will not bring big results."

from its part Linda Dempsey, Vice - President of the National Association of manufacturers said that a punishment from the USA only hurt American businesses without prejudice to the Russian Federation." Our competitors in the European Union and Asia will easily fill the vacant areas (market), " said Dempsey.

this week the national Association of manufacturers and the U.S. chamber of Commerce, issued a statement, warning Washington from making new punishments. For reviews of these organizations, " the only result of such punishment will be that of the United States would be cut off from foreign markets and will refuse opportunities of doing business in favor of organizations from other countries."

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 sanctions against Russia, and 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, -


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