The West will never accept the occupation of Crimea: Johnson believes that the pressure on Russia should be strengthened
The Minister of foreign Affairs of great Britain, Boris Johnson believes that the West should increase pressure on Russia over its occupation of Crimea and actions in the Donbas.
About it writes “true European”.
“We will never accept the occupation of Crimea. Pressure on Russia should be strengthened, not reduced,” said Johnson.
He noted that Ukraine has made significant progress in implementing reforms.
“The world needs to hear this message” he concluded.
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We will remind that earlier the United States expanded sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine.
In the sanctions list included seven individuals: Mikhail Dedov, Michael KLISHIN, Kirill Kovalchuk, Dmitry Lebedev, Dmitry Mansurov, Oleg Minaev and Yevgeny Prigozhin.
It should be noted that 19 December 2016, sanctions against Russia and the extended EU. So, the European Council formally extended sectoral sanctions against Russia until 31 July 2017.
Note that sectoral sanctions against Russia from the EU was introduced in July 2014 and extended in September 2014. These measures are in three main areas.