Angelina Timofeeva. The G7 leaders at a conference in Germany did not discuss the real action to toughen the punishment relative to Russia, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the first day of the week at a press conference on the results of the summit "the seven" in the Bavarian castle ELMAU.

Answering correspondents 'questions about specific actions on toughening of punishment relative to Russia, Merkel said:" This was not the topic of the meeting. We also did not discuss the issue of increasing the penalties regarding 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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