More than a quarter of Europeans believe that the European Union States imposed sanctions against Russia under pressure from the United States, with Opinions about what the States did not affect the EU in this matter, stick to no more than a quarter of Europeans, showed the Survey Agency ICM Research.

to the question about how exactly were imposed punishment EU against Russia, 27% of Europeans said that restrictive measures were adopted under the influence of the United States, 37% of respondents believe that the European Union countries and the United States in imposing sanctions act together.

The survey was conducted by the Agency, at the request of France, Britain and Germany in the first part of December. In each country attended just over 1,000 people, sampling was carried out by gender, age and geography, the confidence interval for the data for each country amounted to 3%, at a confidence level of 95%.

In France, as demonstrated by the Survey, most believe that the action of the EU in the matter of punishments were dictated by America announced that 33% of respondents. Almost fifty percent of Germans believed that the EU and the United States coordinated their actions on an equal basis, In France it is 27%. In the UK, 36% otpisanih stated that the EU and the US have introduced penalties together, a quarter of respondents believe that the Union of European States acted under the dictation of the States.

Opinions about the fact that North America did not influence the EU on the issue of sanctions against Russia, hold less than a quarter of respondents in each country.


The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accuse 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.

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The President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin on 6 August on the individual to ensure safety. The import of a number of items from countries that have imposed penalties on the Russian capital, limited to year. In the corresponding list includes beef, pork, fruits, poultry, dairy products, nuts, and other products. A complete list of prohibited importation into the Russian Federation of products -

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