Barack Obama has extended by one year sanctions against Russia – Virtual Poland

President Barack Obama extended for one year presidential decree of March last. Year, based on which the government has imposed sanctions against Russia entered in respect of its policy towards Ukraine – said Tuesday the White House.
 

In a published report, emphasized that to continue the Russian action “undermining democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine” as well as “threatening the security, stability, sovereignty and territorial integrity” the country, the president decided to extend for one year introduced in March, and then extended several times decree, which was the basis for the application of sanctions against Russia by the US government. White House Statement notes that Russia’s actions constitute a “threat to the security of the United States.”

If Obama did not prolong the decree, the penalties automatically cease to apply after one year, so the 6 March 2015 year.
 

The US government, particularly the Department of State and the Ministry of Finance, since Russia imposed further sanctions ranging from visa ban and asset freeze on economic sanctions. Sanctions were a number of politicians and high-ranking Russian officials and Russian entrepreneurs and the largest Russian companies and banks, closely associated with the Kremlin as well as business leaders and self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.

On Tuesday, the White House said it could be aggravated by the West of the current sanctions against Russia, if there is a further breach of the ceasefire agreements in Ukraine contained in Minsk on February 12 this year. and September last year.
 

In a communication published after the conference call on Ukraine, which took place on Tuesday among the leaders of the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy and the head of the European Council, emphasized that “the leaders expressed their determination to quickly and additional burden Russia jointly significant costs if an agreement with Minsk will be broken, and supported by the Russian separatists will try to acquire new territories. ”
 

Leaders – reads like the White House – but expressed the hope “for a successful and full” implementation of the agreements with Minsk. – Agreed that the relaxation of the current sanctions will be linked to the full implementation of these agreements – are underlined.
 

In addition, the US and French presidents Barack Obama and Francois Hollande, the prime ministers of Britain and Italy, David Cameron and Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk agreed on a conference call, the need to strengthen the resources of the OSCE mission to ensure the maintenance of the ceasefire in Ukraine.