Europe does not dare to show "red card" to Russia

 

Europe does not dare to show "red card" to Russia The proposal to introduce new sanctions against Russia was reviewed today at the meeting of the Council of Permanent Representatives to the EU. As a result of the meeting, the Council asked the European Commission to draft the final document on the introduction of sectoral anti-Russian sanctions. However, the decision on sanctions have not been taken today. The spokeswoman of the EU Commission, Maya Kosyanchich said that one should not expect ta decision on the introduction of sanctions before Tuesday.According to "Kommersant", the EU intends to surpass the United States in sanctions and essentially restrict the access of Russian banks to the European capital market by introducing arms embargo and a ban on the supply of technologies for the energy sector to Russia among other measures.The president of an expert company "Neocon," Mikhail Khazin said that Europe does not want to introduce sanctions against Russia and is talking about doing it only under the pressure from the U.S.The director general of the Center for Political Information, Alexei Mukhin said that although the sanctions are aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine, they will not be able to stop the escalation of violence in the country. He added that the introduction of sanction will be beneficial to the U.S. and Kiev authorities.

The proposal to introduce new sanctions against Russia was reviewed today at a meeting of the Council of Permanent Representatives to the EU. As a result of the meeting, the Council asked the European Commission to draft the final document on the introduction of sectoral anti-Russian sanctions. 
However, a decision on sanctions wasn't taken today. Spokeswoman for the EU Commission Maya Kosyanchich said that one should not expect a decision on the introduction of sanctions before Tuesday.
According to "Kommersant", the EU intends to surpass the United States in sanctions and essentially restrict the access of Russian banks to the European capital markets by introducing an arms embargo and a ban on the supply of technologies for the energy sector to Russia among other measures.
The president of the expert company "Neocon," Mikhail Khazin, said that Europe does not want to introduce sanctions against Russia and is talking about doing it only under pressure from the U.S.
The director general of the Center for Political Information, Alexei Mukhin, said that although the sanctions are aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine, they will not be able to stop the escalation of violence in the country. He added that the introduction of sanctions will be beneficial to the U.S. and Kiev authorities.