Head of the state Duma international Affairs Alexei Pushkov called " provocative " adopted on Thursday a resolution of the European Parliament on the situation in Ukraine and relations between the EU and Russia.
" These efforts MEPs to run ahead of the locomotive, it seems to me, reprehensible, because they are in fact pushing the European Union to more stringent measures, whereas in the EU, then you have overcome the resistance of a number of countries that package punishment, which was adopted last week, now ready, another package to take, as far as I am aware, no, " Pushkov said, quoted by ITAR-TASS." for this reason, this resolution is provocative ", - noted he. First on Thursday, the European Parliament has tried to convince the EU to cancel entered against Russia penalties if it does not fulfil the conditions to de-escalate the Ukrainian fall. The EU must Also be willing to exclude the Russian Federation from the system of international payments SWIFT and cooperation in the nuclear sphere. Equally in the decisions of the European Parliament tried to convince the European Union to cancel the planned Treaty with Russia, such as the construction of the gas pipeline " South stream ". Remember, the relationship between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The EU imposed against Russia fresh penalties against financial, oil and defense industries. Also expanded the list of individuals who are under punishment. The U.S. Also imposed fresh sanctions against the largest Russian organizations, as well as among them, Gazprom, LUKOIL, Sberbank, VTB, the state Corporation rostec and other.

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