German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged to consider the imposition of sanctions against individuals after holding for Eastern Ukraine elections, contrary to the Minsk agreements.
" We have again to consider this option for certain individuals who currently are responsible for conducting these illegitimate elections in the East of Ukraine, " TASS quoted message Merkel." We would not willingly wanted from punishment, but currently I do not see such a possibility, " she said, speaking about the economic sanctions against Russia. According to Angela Merkel, held in the East of Ukraine elections do not meet the Minsk agreement on settlement of the situation in this country. From her point of view, should as soon as possible to achieve a truce. At the same time Angela Merkel said on the need for humanitarian assistance in Eastern Ukraine." We must do everything to ensure that citizens had been able to survive the winter, " said the Chancellor. Remember, elections in Donetsk and Lugansk national republics were held on Sunday at high turnout and without serious incident. At the election of the head of the Donetsk national Republic defeated Alexander Zakharchenko, the elections in LNR - acting head of the Republic Igor Carpentry. On Wednesday, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that the current relatively Russia sanctions will remain. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Ministers of foreign Affairs of the 28 countries of the European Union will consider at the meeting on 17 November circumstances With the punishment of the EU towards Russia. Also on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Russian Federation as long as enough affects the militia to cancel penalties against it. For his part, Chancellor of Austria Werner Faymann has spoken out against the introduction of new penalties regarding Russia. Before this was published interview With the head of European diplomacy Federica, Magarini, in which she said that the usefulness of sanctions by the EU against Russia From the political point of view is controversial. On the same day, the EC released economic forecast, in which it is planned that the punishment against Russia will be abolished in 2015. At the same time, the USA and Germany are scared of Russia new punishments on the background of the positive reaction of the Russian capital Held in Novorossia elections. The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin and the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov most other Russian politicians have stressed on many occasions that introduced against Russia penalties from the U.S. and EU will hit the boomerang by themselves initiators of these restrictions and isolation of Russia " is ephemeral and impossible.


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