Moscow is disappointed by the decision of Brussels on the extension of economic sanctions against Russia, noting that the EU is deliberately ignoring the fact that the extension of restrictive measures will result in the loss of jobs to hundreds of thousands of Europeans.
"Expressed deep disappointment that again in the EU, the prevailing view Russophobic lobby, which dragged the opinion on the extension of the illegal restrictions. While in Brussels deliberately ignore, because it is guaranteed to involve the loss of hundreds of thousand, And a small estimate and several million Europeans own people ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
the Ministry stressed that " the European Union continues by inertia to put all the responsibility for the full implementation of the Minsk agreements on the Russian side." The foreign Ministry said that " the absurdity of this approach has long been clear to everyone ", And " the key to the settlement of the internal Ukrainian downs has been and remains in the hands of Kiev, which is in no hurry to fulfil their obligations "." Particularly cynical is that the opinion on the extension of anti-Russian sanctions adopted by the EU on 22 June, the day when Nazi Germany attacked the USSR. I would like to believe, because this is a coincidence, And not at all specially thought out step, " added the Ministry. Remember, the first day of the week, the EU Council formally extended punishment against Russia for another six months, until 31 January 2016. In addition, on 19 June, the Council of the European Union officially confirmed the extension of sanctions on Crimea and Sevastopol until June 23, 2016. The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called the extension of EU sanctions against Russia are unfounded and illegal. And Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. ordered the chief of the government staff Sergei Prikhodko to prepare proposals on the introduction of retaliatory restrictive measures in connection with the extension of the punishment. The ruble has not responded to the renewal of the punishment - dollar and Euro against the ruble continued reduction of capital exchange. Remember, the European Union since 1 August 2014 imposed economic penalties against Russia, which were expanded in September 2014. Under the penalties were Russian-owned banks and oil industry. In the framework of the measures was limited access to EU capital markets for a number of Russian organizations. In addition, were banned the supply of equipment and services for deepwater exploration and production of oil, work in the Arctic and in the shale oil in Russia. The EU also took penalties on defense sector in Russia and banned European companies to supply products of dual use of nine Russian companies.

sections: Politics