Russia is not going to withdraw their own countermeasures, if the EU will keep punishment. This was told in Milan, the Minister of financial development.

The capital will extend retaliatory punishment, if this way will go to the European powers. This view was made by the Minister for Finance the development of Russia Alexei Ulyukayev, who arrived in Italy together with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"If the European Union would continue the punishment, of course, we also save", - announced the head of the office, answering the question TASS. The Minister in addition has declared that is not afraid of toughening anti-Russian sanctions. According to his statement, the organizers of such decisions will be difficult to convince Europe of the need of such measures.

"I declare about the European Union exclusively: most of the countries participating in the EU have a large amount of negativity from the introduction of penalties, the business is hugely suffering, the feeling that this dead-end path, unproductive, does not allow to solve 1 task, and creates many additional problems not only of business but also in government circles," explained the speaker.

That at the summit "the Big seven" it was decided to extend the punishment immediately after the meeting in Bavaria notify the President of the United States Barack Obama. "Our European partners have confirmed that they will support penalties against Russia, while the Minsk agreements are fully implemented. From this we can conclude their extension and after July," he said at a press conference following the meeting in Germany.
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