Russia responded angrily on Saturday
to additional sanctions imposed by EU, mentioning that they would hamper cooperation
on security issues and undermine the fight against terrorism and organized
crime.
EU reached an agreement on
Friday to impose economic sanctions for the first time on Russia, over its behavior
in Ukraine. Also, it imposed travel bans and asset freezes on the chiefs of
Russia's FSB security service and foreign intelligence service and a number of
other top Russian officials
Russia Foreign minister
mentioned that, the sanctions is a direct evidence that EU countries have set
the stage for scaling down cooperation with Russia over the issues of international and regional security. This includes fight
against the proliferation of weapon of mass destruction, terrorism, organized
crime and other new challenges and dangers
Important to note, US and other
western countries accuse the separatists of downing the plane MH17 with a
surface-to-air missile supplied by Russia. Although, the separatists deny
shooting down the plane and Russia says it has provided no such weapon. US
& EU cleverly calibrated and mutually agreed on
measures which are certainly pressurizing towards and willing to have a serious talk
with Russia
