Moscow. 5 Feb. INTERFAX.RU – EU Officials have gathered to extend the sanctions against citizens of Russia who, in their opinion, is guilty of destabilizing the situation in Ukraine, said on Sunday Bloomberg with reference to sources.
According to him, the European Commission in mid-March for six months to extend sanctions against more than a hundred citizens of Russia and Ukraine. Among them, Arkady Rotenberg, co-owner SMP-Bank and Yuri Kovalchuk, the largest shareholder of Bank “Russia”.
the Decision to extend may be made against the backdrop of a warming of relations between Russia and the United States. Last week, Donald trump, and Vladimir Putin held their first telephone conversation after the inauguration of the American President. As later told the press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer, the issue of sanctions was not raised in their discussion.
Bloomberg Experts estimate the likelihood of an easing of us sanctions for 12 months in 60%. For the EU this figure is 44%.
the EU Sanctions and the United States were introduced in 2014 shortly after the annexation of Crimea to Russia. At first they affected only individuals and banks. With the worsening situation in Eastern Ukraine and the beginning of hostilities earned sanctions against entire sectors of the Russian economy: financial, energy and defense.
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