Vladimir Dobrovolskiy. The EU leaders on Wednesday asked the European Commission to revise and stop for some time a number of programmes of cooperation with Russia, in Addition to cross-border cooperation and programs of civil society, reported the final Declaration of the Council of Europe in Ukraine.

" The European Council requests the Commission to revise the program of cooperation of EU - Russia, that in each case separately to accept the conclusion on suspension of implementation of bilateral or regional cooperation programs with the EU ", - is informed in the document.

The " projects only cross-border cooperation and the civil society will be saved ".


USA on March 17 decided to impose punishment is relatively high position of Russian politicians and Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries have agreed on the introduction of penalties on the Russian and Ukrainian officials, which they consider to be guilty of " undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine ". Then in the American list of nearly 20 Russian bureaucrats, businessmen and parliamentarians. Was enlarged and the sanctions list of the EU.

the authorities of the USA has included in the list of co-owner of the Rossiya Bank of Yuri Kovalchuk, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin, businessmen Boris and Arkady Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko. In addition, penalties were imposed on the Bank " Russia ".
on April 28, the U.S. included in the sanctions list 7 officials of the Russian Federation and 17 organizations, and the European Union has expanded its list of fifteen people. In the end, in the sanctions lists appear more than 40 Russian politicians and businessmen, as well as among them from the Crimea. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -

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