The United States did not agree with the opinion about the inefficiency of sanctions against Russia – Sight

A spokesman for the White House Josh Ernest said that Western sanctions against Russia have limited Moscow’s ability to respond to the decline in oil prices.

«The United States and our European allies have been able to effectively coordinate sanctions. This has had a negative effect on their (Russian) economy “, – stated the representative of the administration, responding to a question about whether the increase in US support for NATO is due to the ineffectiveness of the measures used by Washington to pressure Moscow.

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according to him, the decline in energy prices has become one of the main causes of the difficulties faced by Russia, “but the ability to Russian economy to respond to it was limited to the sanctions “, reports TASS.

At the same time, Ernest claimed that the United States is “not see that changing the strategy (Russia),” for which they bargained. The press secretary said on again that “the United States is ready to ease sanctions as soon as Russia will demonstrate commitment to fulfill its obligations that it assumed during negotiations in Minsk.”

In turn, the State Department spokesman John Kirby refused on Tuesday to clarify the US position on the next bill, which seeks to strengthen the sanctions regime against Russia, RIA “Novosti”.

«As you certainly know, we will not talk specifically about this recently introduced and has not yet adopted the draft law. In general, our sanctions are designed for you to put pressure on the Russian authorities to ensure that they respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including the restoration of Ukrainian control over eastern Ukraine “, – said Kirby.

«We are going to keep the sanctions in effect as long as Russia does not fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements,” – he added.

The sanctions also in the Crimea will remain in force as long as there persists the Russian presence, said Kerry.

Let us recall the act of stability and democracy for Ukraine, introduced in the US Congress to the House of Representatives Democrat Eliot Engel and Republican Adam Kiesinger, offers not lift sanctions against Russia, while Kiev does not “restore sovereignty over the Crimea.”

In December, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States does not hide the problem of formation of conditions for the change of power in Russia and continue to twist arms to its allies to continue their course against Moscow.

Before that, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Western countries do not hide the fact that the purpose of sanctions imposed by them in respect of Russia is regime change. He also said that the crisis in Ukraine was the result of the last 25 years carried out Western policy aimed at strengthening its own security at the expense of others.