Kosachev: RU "appointed" responsible for compliance with the Minsk agreements
The EU leaders "appointed" the Russian Federation responsible for compliance with the Minsk agreements and tied to this issue is the problem of further extension penalties, printed in his own blog on the Internet office of the head of the Federation Council international Department Konstantin Kosachev.

The EU leaders "appointed" the Russian Federation responsible for compliance with the Minsk agreements And tied to this issue is the problem of further extension penalties, printed in his own blog on the Internet office of the head of the Federation Council international Department Konstantin Kosachev.
The EU leaders at a meeting on Thursday agreed Not to renew punishment with respect to Russia And automatically to link this issue with the full implementation of the Minsk agreement.
"of course, I was hoping for literally other decisions of the EU summit, although it would be naive to wait for them. I would like to see much greater responsibility of the European leaders for the fate of the Minsk process. Russia has done everything in her power to this process got the chance of a Successful completion to the citizens living in the South-East of Ukraine, in the 1st turn in the conflict area, believed in the opportunity to come to a consensus with Kiev in goodness, " said the Senator.
according to his statement, Brussels And Washington must demand from Kiev unconditional - in spirit And in letter - observance of the Minsk agreements." And what Not, makes the European Union And the United States is directly responsible for any failure of the implementation of these agreements, if And when it happens the fault of Kiev. But it is already happening, " the Deputy wrote. The irresponsibility of those who escalates conflict in the European Union the atmosphere And is Not afraid of the risk of a real war, should get a clear assessment And tangible rebuff, he said.
Even more alarming is that in the text of the document have any key innovation - linking the fate of punishments to the Minsk agreements, drew attention Kosachev. In this binding is a fundamentally new destructive risk." After all, nowhere in the document, the EU does Not say on the possible use of punishment to Kiev, if the contract violates it. In other words, whichever of the two parties to the conflict violated the consensus of the heads of States "channel four" - Kiev, controlled military units or militias - to be responsible for everything (in the form of strengthening sanctions) must, By assumption, the EU, Russia alone ", drew the attention of the head of Department.
according to his vision, this formula gives a free hand And gives immense scope For further provocations opponents of Minsk And generally anyone who for one reason or another had shown interest in the continuation And escalation of the conflict. Not unintentionally Kiev should be freer And wider interprets the Minsk agreement, among them the adoption of the notorious law on special order of the local authorities in some regions of Donetsk And Lugansk regions, which really puts the Minsk consensus on its head. Not to mention the resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, recognizing parts of Luhansk And Donetsk regions " occupied territory ".
To save the Minsk agreements must have a completely different logic, indicates the MP. For this reason, Russia is now made to the UN security Council a draft decision on the execution of agreements to resolve the conflict in the East of Ukraine.
review Kosachev, it is time Not only to watch over the implementation of the agreements by the parties to the conflict to take special measures To ensure agreements up to the same punishment, but to those who actually violates consensus. You can still apply And incentives (for example, in trade or in energy prices) for following the spirit And letter of Minsk. Moreover, such an approach it would be possible to extend to third parties, however, affect the conflict in Ukraine (for example, the supply of weapons or the promotion of provocation).