The EU adopted sanctions against 19 individuals and nine entities, including from Russia, will enter into force as planned on 16 February, in spite of the new agreement in Minsk, said on Friday, February 13, RIA Novosti reported. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, responding to a question journalists in Brussels, said shortly, “Yes».
It is not excluded that in respect of Russia could be followed by other sanctions if the implementation of new arrangements Minsk go bad.
«If all goes well, we will be happy to accompany this process (on the implementation of the new arrangements in Ukraine), if there are difficulties, we can not rule out further sanctions,” – said Merkel.
13:22 February 12, 2015
15:08 February 12, 2015
Earlier, European diplomatic sources said that the additional EU sanctions against Russia will enter into force on 16 February, in spite of the agreement Minsk, February 12.
After these negotiations, European diplomats were ready to abandon the new sanctions. In particular, such an opinion was expressed by the Prime Minister of Finland Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
The restrictions will affect 19 Russians and Ukrainians will be frozen accounts of nine companies. These measures were agreed by EU foreign ministers at a meeting on February 9 at the events of the end of January in Mariupol.
January 29 EU foreign ministers extended sanctions imposed in March 2014. In the black list includes 132 people and 28 companies.
January 24 there was a fire in Mariupol, which killed 30 people. Ukrainian security officials claim that the shooting of the installations “Grad” led militias. Those, in turn, rejected the accusations, saying that the fire was coming from Mariupol by security officials controlled territory.
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