The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko tried to convince the world the Commonwealth ahead of time to prepare a new wave of sanctions Against Russia in case of escalation of the confrontation in the Donbass, said the press service of the Ukrainian leader on the last working day of the week, following his meeting with U.S. Congress delegation, which will participate in the meeting of the parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE in Helsinki.

Against Russia, the West has imposed a series of penalties in connection with the accusations against Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs, which in April the beginning of last year in the Donbass military operation Against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat citizens of the region. Russia calls such accusations are unacceptable. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation also stated that the language of ultimatums to the Russian Federation are unacceptable, Moscow is ready to further contribute to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine.

"We need an effective and coordinated plan in case of failure of the Minsk agreements. The story is about a new wave of sanctions, well-coordinated actions. Russia must pay a fair price for the murder of Ukrainians and the occupation of Ukraine. It is obliged to take responsibility for it, " said Poroshenko at the meeting with the delegation of the Congress.

The Plenipotentiaries of Ukraine and Western countries before many times accused the Russian Federation of interfering in the conflict in the Donbas, as well as among them in the contraction of the military to the border. Thus, the evidence to date was not provided. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called the statement " public unsubstantiated insinuations ", Authorized the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation also was periodically denied these allegations. International inspections have not detected any violations from the Russian Federation at the border line with Ukraine, as well as among them undeclared military activities.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position. In March 2015 has been extended sanctions List of the USA, and on 21 June the head of the EU foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg have extended the economic sanctions until 31 January 2016.

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

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