Punishment in the U.S. against the Crimea to cancel is not expected, if the Peninsula will not return in the Ukraine, said on Wednesday the U.S. assistant Secretary of state on issues of European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.

She agreed that North America is ready to consider the cancellation of some sanctions against Russia, if you make Minsk agreement on the settlement in the East of Ukraine. However, these penalties are "not associated" with another package which was adopted against the Crimea.

leader Barack Obama announced in early winter 2014 on the introduction of broad economic sanctions against the Crimea, including a ban for American organizations on trade and conduct other business with the Crimean companies. The US has not realized the Crimea became part of Russia in the previous year and introduced sanctions against Russian politicians, bureaucrats and some sectors of the Russian economy.


Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices began in December limits, when the head of the U.S. announced an economic blockade of the Crimea, and in the sanctions list included a number of famous figures from the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

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