The European Union had not shown interest in destabilizing Russia, said the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini, speaking at the Brussels forum. "Destabilized Russia is not in the interests of the European Union and, I think, of the world, because we live in a fragile world," said Mogherini, reports RIA " Novosti ". Before the last working day of the week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the anti-punishment will be lifted after will be " eliminated the occasion on which they were imposed. Prior to this permanent Commissioner of the Russian Federation to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said that within the EU there are "significant gaps" in the approach to the question of penalties with respect to Russia and their renewal. 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 on the East-Ukrainian settlement. In the communiqu? of the summit, the EU reported that the European Union States will adopt a conclusion on life economic sanctions against Russia in the coming months. Prior to this, Prime Minister of Estonia Taavi R?ivas and the head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite made for the renewal of sanctions against Russia during the EU summit. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that it is impossible to remove introduced with regard to Russia's punishment subject to the fulfillment of only the first points of the Minsk agreement. At the same time the head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk after talks with President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in Brussels with discussions on the mitigation of punishment with respect to Russia, however, the limits, according to his statement, will be maintained and even strengthened. 10px