The lifting of sanctions against Russia at a meeting of EU ambassadors and deputies of the state Duma was not discussed, It is the competence of governments, said the EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas u?ackas.

"The lifting of sanctions has not been the object of our conversation. It is the competence of our governments, " said Usackas on the results of the closed-door meeting in the capital of Russia.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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