Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: EU extends sanctions against Russia

http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/kyiv-post-plus/eu-extends-sanctions-against-russia-404674.html
 
 
EU extends sanctions against Russia
 
Allison Quinn
 
European Union (EU) President of Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speaks during a press conference prior to a meeting with Ukraine's President and EU President at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Dec. 16, 2015. The commission on Dec. 21 announced it would extend sanctions on Russia as the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine is as yet unfulfilled.
The European Council on Dec. 21 announced its decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another six months, as fighting in Ukraine's east picked up again with 57 attacks over 24 hours.
 
The sanctions, imposed over Russia's annexation of Crimea and its actions in the Donbas, will now be in effect until July 31, 2016, at which point they may once again be prolonged.
 
While Italy had delayed the decision to extend sanctions over disagreements with Germany, it was ultimately decided that the measures are necessary, given that the Minsk agreements have not yet been fulfilled - and they will expire on Dec. 31.
 
Fighting in Ukraine's east declined drastically after another ceasefire was declared on Sept. 1, but recent weeks have seen an uptick in fighting. On Dec. 21, Ukrainian officials said they had recorded 57 attacks on Ukrainian forces by separatists in the occupied territories.
 
Despite speculation in recent weeks that the sanctions may be dropped in light of the need for international unity in fighting terrorism - an area in which Russia has sought closer ties with the West - sanctions were seen as the only way to prevent the peace deal with Ukraine from falling apart.
 
While the Kremlin has yet to comment on the extension, Russian state-run media took the opportunity to lash out at Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of breaking the Minsk agreements.
 
"Noone Knows Why, but EU Extends Anti-Russia Sanctions for Six Months" (sic), read a headline on Sputnik International, Russia's state-run, an aggressively anti-Western media outlet.
 
While the Kremlin has mostly played down the effect of the sanctions, the Russian economy has nosedived since the sanctions took effect, with the damage made worse by low oil prices. Russia's economy was expected to shrink by between 3 percent and 5 percent this year, the most since Putin took office.
 
Russian Economic Minister Alexei Ulyukayev, however, said last week that an extension of the sanctions was expected and would therefore have no impact on the Russian economy.

 EU extends sanctions against Russia
 
non male anche questa, del 2014:
 
"In Europa, Francia e Germania, e in parte l'Italia, si smarcano 
dalle sanzioni. 
Hollande entro l'anno consegnera' alla Russia due navi porta elicotteri 
dal valore di 1,2 mld di euro. Oggi ha richiesto a Kiev di dar prova di moderazione e terminare i bombardamenti del Donbas. In Germania, 
l'AD di Siemens  a marzo e' volato a Mosca da Putin per testimoniargli solidarieta' ("Siemens Chief Meets Putin in Russia" The WSJ 26/03/2014). 
Anche Rheinmetall (armamenti) prosegue la collaborazione con la Russia 
a Niznij Novgorod, per addestrare le truppe russe. 
 
Insomma la dottrina di Obama e' sconquassata e perdente. 
E' intervenuto in Ucraina per costringere Putin a occuparsi 
del suo estero vicino e spezzare il legame con la Germania. 
E invece ha preso calcioni dalla Merkel e Putin si e' rivolto 
ad oriente, alla Cina. 
 
A breve un accordo per l'Ucraina. A meno che miri al peggio"

 EU extends sanctions against Russia
 
e questa
 
"Ciò premesso alcune delle cause si ipotizza che siano superate nel 2015 
e che la crisi possa rientrare nel 2016. 
Basta navigare su siti qualificati, anche russi peraltro. 
"

 dalle sanzioni. 
 
non faccio nemmeno la ricerchina, questo sicuramente non è mio, io so benissimo che invertebrati sono al governo in Europa, figuriamoci se posso prendere sul serio chi scrive simili stronzate. Chi è?