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Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the introduction of a new package of EU sanctions against Russia and said that the government is considering retaliatory measures.
« The government is now really thinking about it, preparing some proposals. If they come to the conclusion that any such actions correspond to the interests of our economy, then we will do it. And so, just to show his toughness and suffer because of this some damage – so we will not do “- quoted by Interfax Putin.
Putin noted that agree with retaliatory sanctions in the event that if the government will formulate measures that will help the development of Russian enterprises, pass it on to the application information agencies.
According to Putin, “sanctions are harmful to those who use them, and anti-Russian sanctions – is no exception.”
Putin stressed that the new EU sanctions mean steps that “undermine the peace process in Ukraine.” “I do not even know what these sanctions related steps. Maybe someone does not like the fact that the process has begun on a peaceful scenario, “- said the president. On the eve of a similar statement was made by the Russian Foreign Ministry. Foreign Ministry said that agreeing to the introduction of new sanctions, the EU “in fact made his choice against the peaceful settlement of Ukrainian domestic crisis.”
Putin stressed entering the EU sanctions list Prime Minister Alexander Zaharchenko DNR. Putin said that Russia was “tried” to the peace negotiation process took senior officials of the breakaway people’s republics.
According to Putin, the EU sanctions against Russia were “ineffective.” Commenting personal EU sanctions against Russian officials, the president noted that “less than our officers and managers of large companies will be driving around somewhere on abroad, and more will be engaged in current affairs, the better.”
In the EU sanctions list were CEO of “Rosteh” Chemezov, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Alexander Zaharchenko DNR, as well as all the vice-speaker of the Duma – Ivan Melnikov (CPRF), Nikolai Levichev (“Fair Russia”), Yuri Vorobyev, Vladimir Vasilyev (“United Russia”) and Igor Lebedev (LDPR). The new package of EU sanctions also affect the oil industry, aeronautics and defense industry of Russia. Restrictions apply to the export of Russian goods and dual-use technologies that can be used in both civilian and defense industry, technology, and equipment necessary for the development of offshore fields, as well as access to capital markets. Sanctions affected the five major Russian banks – Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, VEB and the Russian Agricultural Bank.
George Peremitin
September 12, 2014
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