Federal Chancellor of Austria Werner Faymann said on Thursday upon arrival at the European Council meeting, EU countries need to develop clear criteria for the implementation of the Minsk agreements and normalization of the situation in Ukraine in order to cancel penalties with respect to Russia.

"I hope that until will not be made Minsk consensus will not be any cancellation penalties," said Faymann." But it is important to figure out what is considered the Minsk agreement, the normalization of the situation. You cannot type a sentence, with the slogan that once entered, the punishment must always be renewed, " said the head of the Austrian government in the explanations published by the press service of the European Commission.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.


Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when was expanded US sanction List.

A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news

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