The EU has cut important defense and energy companies of Russia from raising money on the financial markets of the European Union. The new EU sanctions provide that bonds the energy companies Rosneft, Transneft and Gazprom Neft may no longer be traded in the EU.
to the EU -Amtsblatt published measures include travel bans for 24 prominent separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine and Russian politicians. They include the separatist leader Alexander Sachartschenko, Vladimir Kononov and Miroslaw Rudenko.
The ultranationalist Russian Duma deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky is one of several prominent Moscow politicians who is no longer allowed to enter the EU and its accounts will be suspended in the EU.
Kremlin threatens countermeasures
Bonds of three large defense contractors may no longer be traded in the EU. Affected is OPK Oboronprom, the main shareholder of the helicopter manufacturer Russian Helicopters. Also produces the United Aircraft Corporation, the fighters and Uralvagonzavod, the leading Russian tank producer.
On a list of companies to which no both civilian and military usable products be delivered, are among other things, the manufacturer of Kalashnikov assault rifles and Almaz-Antey. They provide, inter alia, the Buk missile system here, with the Malaysian passenger plane MH17 to have been shot down
The Kremlin threatened in turn with sanctions -. Possible import restrictions for foreign cars as well as a limitation of overflight rights for Western Airlines. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized the decision of Brussels as incomprehensible. Russia has sought to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. The bill for the penalties should also European businesses and taxpayers bear, he warned.
At the same time the EU sanctions put EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy a lifting of the recent measures in the event the prospect that Russia supported the peace process in eastern Ukraine. And Brussels apparently sends more peace signals to Moscow.
Despite the tougher sanctions, the EU Russia apparently wants to meet in the case of Moscow vehemently criticized Association Agreement of Ukraine. According to information from the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” to many of the provisions of the Agreement signed in June deepened free trade agreement with Ukraine initially not be applied. Russia has sent a list of more than 2,300 change requests.
United States wants Russia to politically isolate
In the conflict area, which is partially controlled by pro-Russian separatists, meanwhile, continues to apply the agreement to a ceasefire. It has been repeatedly interrupted, however. According to the NATO Russia has continued for about 1,000 troops across the border in eastern Ukraine in action.
U.S. President Barack Obama said that Russia would now the conflict politically even more isolated, the cost to the economy of the country would be increased. “We put these new measures in view of Russia’s steps in force to destabilize the Ukraine last month further, sometimes by the presence of heavily armed Russian troops in eastern Ukraine,” it said in the statement from the White House.
Russia is suspected, in addition to its own troops to also send weapons to support the separatists in the conflict area. Moscow denies, however, to take the blame for the escalation.
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