West Russia threatens new sanctions because of the elections in Donbass – Moskovsky Komsomolets

EU and the US announced a possible strengthening of sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation

Today, at 04:39, views: 35402

Failure of the self-proclaimed DNI DNR and local elections on October 25 Russia threatens new sanctions from the European Union and the United States. Meanwhile, as in the NPT planned to hold elections before the planned official Kyiv date – October 18, and LC, on the contrary, hoped to do so on November 1.

Photo: Gennady Cherkasov

This “good” for the Russian news sounded unnamed sources in Western diplomatic circles.

“If the representatives of Donetsk and Lugansk continue to insist on his and elections in Donbass will be separate from the all-Ukrainian, will not match the Ukrainian laws and will not be monitored by international observers, this is serious – and still defiant – a blow to the Minsk agreements “- leads the” b “words of his source.

“The separatists claim that the Ukrainian authorities did not discuss with them the conditions of the local elections, but it is not. This question has been raised repeatedly at meetings of the contact group, which includes representatives of Kiev”, – said one of the sources.

“Donetsk and Lugansk showed no willingness to compromise, called the election on dates different from the rest of Ukraine, and does not demonstrate a willingness to organize them in accordance with the Ukrainian legislation,” – he added.

The sources said that the sanctions “are not an end in itself the US and EU”, adding that the West does not believe that Moscow will not be able to influence the heads of the self-proclaimed republics.

“If the Minsk agreements will be buried as a rough way, We have no choice “- said one of the sources.

It is expected that the issue of the terms and conditions of the local elections in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republic will discuss the Foreign Minister,” Norman Quartet “(Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France) this week in Minsk. In addition, this issue will be one of the main agendas of the talks the leaders of “Quartet” that may go to the end of the month in New York for the UN General Assembly.

Earlier, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin said that the elections in Donbas may be recognized only if their conduct “by Ukrainian standards and under the supervision of the international community”.