Diplomat: EU without discussion prolong sanctions against the Crimea – RIA Novosti

BRUSSELS, June 18 – RIA Novosti, Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The heads of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the countries – members of the EU on Friday without debate prolong sanctions against the Crimea, to take the appropriate decision of the EU Council, told RIA Novosti, the European diplomat.

The schedule of the ministerial meeting of the EU Council decision appears to amend the document, which earlier EU imposed sanctions against the Crimea and Sevastopol. He is on the list of so-called points of “A”, which are approved without any discussion at the meeting of the ministerial meeting of the EU as they are agreed in advance by member countries. As noted in the chart, your changes were approved at the meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of EU member states on Wednesday.

“Yes, it would be an extension of the sanctions against the Crimea”, – the diplomat said, answering a question, whether it is extending the restrictive measures against the Crimea. According to him, the sanctions are likely to be extended for a year. Last week, the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the EU Christian Brown said that the Crimean sanctions extended for one year in the coming days.

The sanctions against the Crimea were first introduced in June 2014 and valid until June 23, 2015. Restrictions began to ban imports into the EU of goods without certificates Ukrainian and later the European Union has banned the import of Crimea significant amount of goods from the EU and fully banned investment in the economy of the peninsula.

The Western countries to March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sanctions of -this position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices became the restrictions imposed in March 2015, when it was expanded US sanctions list. In addition, the results of the summit “Big Seven” in Bavaria, it was decided to extend sanctions against Russia, and the United States are considering the introduction of new ones. List of Russian citizens and companies have come under the sanctions – in RIA Novosti.

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The Western countries to March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sanctions because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices became the restrictions imposed in March 2015, when it was expanded US sanctions list. In addition, the results of the summit “Big Seven” in Bavaria, it was decided to extend sanctions against Russia, and the United States are considering the introduction of new.

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