The leader of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev tried to convince the country to abolish the punishment relative to Russia.

"Europe should not continue to maintain the regime of sanctions concerning Russia. These punishments were ineffectual in political terms, " said Nazarbayev in an interview to the French newspaper, the text of which leads the Central communications service of Kazakhstan.

reviews Nazarbayev, punishment beat in the 1st turn on the citizens that have nothing to do with the Ukrainian conflict, workers at factories, farmers, private entrepreneurs. Along with this, he noted, the economic limits affect European Citizens. So, for example, large losses of the French farmers.

in this regard the Kazakhstani leader tried to convince separation of politics and economy, by all means to obstruct the escalation of tension and increasing the penalties.

Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July 2014, the EU and the US from point penalties against certain individuals and organizations have moved to the measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. Russia in the last month of summer 2014 has limited the import of food items from countries that have imposed against her punishment: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway. A ban were meat, sausage, fish and seafood, vegetables, fruits, dairy products. In June 2015, in response to the extension of the sanctions Russia has extended food embargo until 5 August 2016.


Western countries since March 2014, has repeatedly imposed punishment for Russia's position on Ukraine. On 16 September Ukraine has expanded the List of anti-Russian measures.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations that fall Under punishment, - in the material of the Fins news

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