The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century, talking about the possibilities of removal from Russia punishments West, said on Wednesday that " It is the business of those countries that have resorted to this illegal tool.

yesterday, the US assistant Secretary of state on issues of European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland expressed agreement that in case of full implementation of the Minsk agreements against Russia.

" punishment is a matter of our Western colleagues, the case of those countries that have decided to resort to such illegal tool to not know, to vent his anger, that if, on us. It's their problem. We did not choose this path, " said Lavrov.


The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies It and calls the 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 the use of such practices began in September punishment.

A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -

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