International punishment regarding Crimea aim to harm the Crimean enterprises, however, as time shows, all these efforts are in vain, said acting head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov.

" the penalties that are applied today to the Crimean enterprises and companies - is all done out of spite. I can say that the Crimean enterprises from these punishments, fortunately, will not suffer, because no trade with Western countries they were not. No direct economic damage there, " said Aksenov live TV and radio company.

He is also sure that the desire under the threat of punishment to deprive the Crimean airport law on international letter and close Crimean ports for foreign vessels is only a temporary phenomenon.

first, the EU and the US imposed sanctions against several leaders of the Crimea, which became part of the Russian Federation in March. In the sanction lists were also several large Crimean organizations, among them " Chernomorneftegaz ", Kerch commercial port and wine-making plant " Massandra ". On Wednesday the EU legislatively approved the limits on investments in the Crimea.


The US and the EU does not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and called such accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March, has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of use of such practices have become July punishment.

The European Union on July 26 imposed a punishment against fifteen citizens of Russia and authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics (DND and LNR), and also against a number of Crimean organizations, such as the Sevastopol sea port and public organization " Sobol ". For example, in the sanctions list includes the Director of the Federal security Service Alexander Bortnikov and foreign intelligence Service of Russia Mikhail Fradkov, Secretary of the Russian security Council Nikolai Patrushev, his Deputy Rashid Nurgaliev and member of the Board Boris Gryzlov, leader of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov and the Krasnodar territory Alexander Tkachev.

in the U.S. capital and Brussels When it is ready If necessary to make wider sanctions lists. Full list of Russian Citizens and organizations that fall under punishment, -

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