The head of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite after arriving at the EU summit in Brussels urged to impose an embargo on arms for the Russian Federation because of the escalation of the fall in Ukraine.
" Lithuania and other Baltic countries - We are very openly and firmly insist that this situation was reflected in our documents. If the punishment that was already running late, for example, the punishment of the blocking of supply (Russia) weapons, technologies, and so on, they are Not used, then it must certainly be done, " said the head of Lithuania, the words which the Agency Delfi referring to BNS. According to diplomats at the conference of EU leaders, most likely, will Not make decisions about the ban on the sale of weapons Moscow, but are able to offer the punishment is relatively plants, supports militias, and to freeze the projects the European investment Bank and the European Bank for restoration and development in the Russian Federation. On Wednesday Grybauskaite after the summit, the EU said that Lithuania considers insufficient fresh penalties against Russia, but does Not propagate to new sanctions." Not that We had requested. We make it clear that these punishments, even today punishment insufficient and inadequate way affect the behavior of the Kremlin in Eastern Ukraine, " she said. Recall, on Wednesday, the European Council adopted a final report on Ukraine, in which, for example, reported that leaders of the EU countries in the environment requested 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 programmes of civil society. Also was assigned to the services of the European Union by the end of July to include in the new sanctions list of people and organizations, and among them from Russia, extended criteria. On the same day the U.S. government has introduced fresh punishment relative to Russian organizations, and among them, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank, as Well as energy organizations Rosneft and NOVATEK ". Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, explaining the introduction of a new package of sanctions, said that US policy regarding capital of Russia arrogant and cynical." The arrogance and cynicism are the two words that most accurately characterizes us policy in the Russian direction, " He said. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, for his part, said that " it quietly and without fuss show, it's for punishment." He noticed that the sentences have a boomerang effect and driving Russian-American relations into a dead end.

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