The people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Serhiy Leshchenko said that since September 16, 2016 Ukraine had completed the action of punishment against Russia, which are still not extended.
"Did you know that a month in Ukraine is not an act of punishment against Russia, Russian citizens And organizations? Yes, that's right. 16 September 2015, by the decree of President Poroshenko was imposed punishment for a period of one year. 16 Sep 2016 the penalty is over. And a month's decree Poroshenko about the restoration of the punishment. That is, the United States kept the penalties against Russia, Canada holds the European Union holds and the Ukraine, " wrote Leshchenko on his own Facebook.



"according to my sources, the continuation of the punishment is not, as trading continues. It is another corruption issue. For a certain amount can be taken off from the sanctions list. Or switch to a competitor - And get a monopoly on the market. And yet - as long as the continuing "sanctions the holidays," you can not expensive to acquire assets that fall under punishment. Nothing personal, it "s just business as uttered prominent mobsters of our time," he added. However, on September 16 the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine will apply penalties against the factories of the military-industrial complex of Russia, financial institutions, and also the organisations of sea And air transport which operate in the Crimea. In September 2015, was published a large list of individuals And legal entities caught under the Ukrainian punishment in connection with the events in Crimea And the Donbass. In General the difficulties of the government of Ukraine has imposed punishment relative to 388 individuals And 105 legal entities, which included citizens of 23 countries. It was expected that penalties will be effective for one year.

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