The stranglehold of sanctions is delayed

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The US Treasury Department introduced new sanctions against Russia. 34 was extended to the extended list of individuals and legal entities, including subsidiaries abroad of VTB and Sberbank. Concerns “Aviapriborostroenie”, “Oboronprom”, “Rosoboronexport”, “Yandex.Money”, the wine-making company “Massandra”, Yalta Film Studio and other companies also turned out to be undesirable to Washington.

As the "BBC"The US Treasury Department has published a list of Russian companies against which sanctions are being imposed because of the conflict in the east of Ukraine.

The expanded list includes VTB24, subsidiaries of Sberbank abroad, the company, the Yandex.Money payment system (75% of whose shares belong to Sberbank). The black list included companies and banks operating in the Crimea, as well as those related to the current defendants in the previous list: Krayinvestbank, Inresbank (connected to the SMP bank of the Rotenberg brothers), Mosoblbank, Technopromexport, Volgogradneftemash and others.

The Russian Helicopters holding company, the United Engine Corporation, the Tekhnodinamika holding, and the High-Precision Complexes NPO came under sanctions.

The sanctions also pleased the representatives of the “republics” in the east of Ukraine, including Vladislav Deynego and Alexander Kofman.

(A long list of sanctions anyone can see, for example, on the website "Arguments and Facts".)

“It is extremely important that Russia take the steps necessary to fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements and ensure a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine,” "Vedomosti" Statement by the Director of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), US Department of the Treasury, John Smith.

However, the devil is not so bad as he is painted.

The September 2014 sanctions against Sberbank applied to Sberbank-controlled companies with a share of direct and indirect ownership of 50 or more percent. This was said to Vedomosti by the press service of Sberbank. Therefore, the inclusion in the sanctions lists of controlled companies belonging to the Sberbank Group does not change the scope and legal force applicable to Sberbank sanctions.

As for VTB, the press service of the bank said that the sectoral sanctions of the United States will not affect customer service: “Firstly, the sanctions relate solely to raising funds by Russian state banks abroad. The business model of "VTB 24" is determined by the independent funding and versatility of the product line. VTB 24 attracts funds exclusively on the Russian market. Secondly, all accounts of our clients are located in the territory of the Russian Federation, no restrictions can be applied to them. The same applies to plastic cards: no restrictions on their use are introduced in the Russian Federation or abroad and will not be introduced ”.

By the way, the journalists of the newspaper Vedomosti came up with an exact title for their material: “The new sanctions against Russia turned out to be old.”

Why does the United States extend sanctions in such a strange way?

By expanding the blacklist, Washington is showing determination. The White House intends to seek Russia's respect for the sovereignty of Ukraine, said the US Treasury Department. Washington sees no reason to whip up the situation in expanding the sanctions list. “This is a normal process, as legal entities find ways to circumvent the restrictions and try to get out of the sanctions. In order to increase the effectiveness of our (restrictive) measures, we periodically need to clarify the list in order to preserve the effectiveness of these measures ", - cite "Vesti" the press secretary of the US Embassy in Russia, William Stevens.

According to the press secretary, the new list is a way to strengthen the implementation of measures taken earlier.

The Kremlin has already commented on the “normal process,” which was reported at the American embassy.

The Kremlin called the decision of the US Treasury Department unfriendly and destructive. “This is a continuation of the line that has a devastating impact on bilateral relations,” the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, quotes. "Lenta.ru".

Peskov said that Moscow would respond to this step: “Of course, based on the principle of reciprocity, the Russian side will first analyze these decisions, and then proposals for possible countermeasures will accumulate.”

Earlier, 1 December 2015, the Council of the European Union decided to extend the sanctions against Russia until July 31 2016. This decision entered into force on December 22. True, some European diplomats do not rule out that the sanctions were extended in full for the last time: some EU states want to start a dialogue with Russia on countering terrorism, including in Syria, where the Russians inflict airstrikes on IG positions.

However, the position of Europe is not independent. Europe looks into the mouth of the overseas hegemon. And he adheres to the concept of “containment” of Russia adopted last year.

The dynamics in relations between the United States and Russia is observed only in the Syrian issue, says Alexei Pushkov, chairman of the Duma committee on international affairs.

“Nothing fundamental has changed in US foreign policy. There is a movement in Syria, there is nothing outside Syria, ”the deputy quotes Interfax-Azerbaijan.

But a special point of view. Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director of the Institute of CIS Countries, member of the Council for National Strategy, says that the reaction of Russian officials to American news shows a lack of understanding of the American political mentality.

“Not all of our leaders understand that the United States towards Russia does not pursue a“ package ”policy. Washington is ready to cooperate with Moscow where it is profitable for it, but at the same time it does not carry out any exchange. This is a principled position of the United States ", - explained Zharikhin Reedus.

Someone in Moscow expected that Russia's participation in the Syrian antiterrorist coalition in Syria would lead to Kremlin getting “bonuses” in Ukraine? If so, then these people are "seriously miscalculated."

And this disappointment, Zharikhin notes, explains the inadequate response of other Moscow politicians. For example, the first deputy head of the “Fair Russia” faction in the State Duma, Mikhail Yemelyanov, suggested hitting the Pepsi and Coca-Cola business: raising excise taxes on the sale of sweet carbonated drinks.

This is from the series "in the garden of an elder, and in Kiev, uncle," said Zharikhin. After all, cooperation in the fight against IG is in the interests of both Russia and the United States. But does this have to do with sanctions? Moscow simply cannot understand, the analyst believes that sanctions were imposed for other reasons. And these reasons did not disappear, even if the White House and the Kremlin found a common language in another region.

Introducing the “old” sanctions, we add, Washington shows Russia directly: 1) The Ukrainian crisis remains an unsolved problem - in the sense in which the White House is the solution; 2) Americans object to “forcing the situation”, not wanting to disperse from Moscow where there has been at least some kind of rapprochement and where Moscow partially solves the problems of American security, destroying the terrorists and turning the hatred of the rest upon themselves; 3) The United States will not tolerate any Russian influence in the Donbas and will not back down on the idea of ​​“returning Crimea” to Ukraine.

A complete rejection of sanctions while preserving Crimea for Russia is possible, I suppose, in fifty years. That was the time it took the American rulers to lift the embargo from Cuba.

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    1. +15
      29 December 2015 06: 45
      Sanctions, sanctions ... Yes to sneeze on them! New Years is soon!

      Year of new hopes and achievements! So win!
      1. +16
        29 December 2015 07: 07
        Quote: Enot-poloskun
        Sanctions, sanctions ... Yes to sneeze on them!

        What a rare koment in our time, although you can later blame Medvedev for everything lol
        Quote: Enot-poloskun
        Year of new hopes and achievements!

        Or the very year when the world flies into the abyss.
        1. +2
          29 December 2015 07: 53
          Quote: Alexander Romanov
          Or the very year when the world flies into the abyss.

          what I don’t understand ... are you vanging Sanya? if so, then prove it to the studio. though...
          request
          judging by the actions of our powers that be, the kirdyk will come very soon ... what
          1. AFS
            +3
            29 December 2015 08: 22
            Quote: Viktor Demchenko
            judging by the actions of our powers that be, the kirdyk will come very soon ...

            Following Russia, Belarus refused to leave the free trade zone with Ukraine.
            Who knows, is it true or a duck?
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            2. +3
              29 December 2015 10: 52
              Quote: AFS
              Who knows, is it true or a duck?

              Does Belarus and the EU have an agreement on a free trade zone? That's all the truth to you will be in this answer. Dill is about to enter the FTA with the EU, Belarus has already been with Dill in the FTA, i.e. now Belarusian goods can be sent to the EU duty-free through ukrostan? But this will not work, they will not let the Europeans. If in one direction from the EU through y ..... to Belarus, then Lukashenko himself will stand up with a machine gun at the border. But he knows how easy it is to relabel goods, you can’t deceive him with such a crap that goods from Ukraine are of origin.
            3. +2
              29 December 2015 10: 58
              I would rather read the news that the US ambassador is packing his bags. it's time to go home to him.
        2. +9
          29 December 2015 10: 34
          Quote: Alexander Romanov
          What a rare koment in our time, although you can later blame Medvedev for everything

          Medvedev can be blamed for the main thing. Instead of strengthening the country, he is looking for those who will feed the country instead of the West. And this is his main crime.
        3. 0
          29 December 2015 15: 45
          Why blame it? All clear. The Government, the Duma, the Federation Council are useless. These are those who destroy the country in their wallet. Let's not talk about the bad, everyone with a Happy New Year. Urrraaa! :)
      2. Hon
        +2
        29 December 2015 07: 59
        Sanctions, yes, but the price of oil does not please at all
        1. +8
          29 December 2015 08: 13
          Quote: Hon
          Sanctions, yes, but the price of oil does not please at all

          Let's go and hang ourselves together because of low oil prices. Do not follow oil quotes and you will be happy. I do not think that the citizens of the same prosperous Kuwait or absolutely not prosperous Angola, whose GDP is much more connected with oil revenues, are watching with such tension the fall in prices for "black gold" as citizens of the Russian Federation.
          1. +6
            29 December 2015 09: 03
            Only a few million live in Kuwait. If you divide the national wealth into the few descendants of the camel drivers, it will still turn out well. And oil production is carried out by pumping out oil lakes - oil lies very shallow.
            Angola is even more fun - you don’t need to work - bananas grow on their own, you don’t need to dress - the same bananas are a great source of natural clothing in the form of loincloths, and there are a lot of diamonds, diamonds in the bowels are no less than oil ...
            But most importantly, they do not set themselves geopolitical tasks and they were never in the top three or five of the advanced countries of the world ... but we were. And still we will!
            Therefore, oil is important to us. Rockets need to be built, planes and ships. Oil is money and money again.
            1. +2
              29 December 2015 10: 10
              Quote: Cap.Morgan
              Oil is money and money again.

              A lot of text, but not in the subject of my comment smile I meant that an ordinary citizen should not bother with global macroeconomic problems - it is better for health. Remember this prayer: "Lord, give me reason and peace of mind to accept what I am unable to change, the courage to change what I can, and wisdom to distinguish one from the other."? The price of oil is one of the factors that neither you nor me in any way depend on.
              1. Hon
                0
                30 December 2015 13: 16
                Quote: Ami du peuple
                I had in mind that an ordinary citizen should not bother with global macroeconomic problems

                we see this macroeconomics every day in stores
            2. +9
              29 December 2015 14: 33
              Quote: Cap.Morgan
              Therefore, oil is important to us. Rockets need to be built, planes and ships. Oil is money and money again.

              laughing And grain is money, and fish is money, and weapons from metal extracted from us are also money. How many years already bother with the resources of the first order of processing and still have not made a mind? It is necessary to switch to deep processing for a long time already and sell the final products, but we drive the raw materials in the old fashioned way and buy products at exorbitant prices.
              They transferred everything into money - there is no state ideology (it is prohibited by law), morality - there are no short and long-term development plans for the country, the government and gentlemen live on the principle of stretching for another year (before the election, until retirement, before raising their brother / brother-in-law / son in law).
              And here I and millions of the same want to know: where are we going - what are the plans, what should we expect at all? What will our children do except for consumption .. and?
              sad Sorry to boil.
              1. +3
                29 December 2015 14: 53
                Everything is correct. Of oil, too much can be done.
          2. Hon
            0
            30 December 2015 13: 14
            Quote: Ami du peuple
            Do not follow the oil quotes and you will be happy.

            It’s hard not to keep track of when these quotes are reflected in the price tags.
        2. 0
          29 December 2015 11: 30
          I do not care about oil prices at all, the main thing is that there are many orders for repairs and parts - this is the main thing, and the crisis in six years, maybe in four, will end.
        3. 0
          29 December 2015 15: 42
          Hon

          The price of oil is not sanctioned. They claim that these are the consequences of the global economic downturn.

          But sanctions are a product aimed at the disintegration of the Russian Federation from the global economy, which is much worse than deprivations associated directly with the lack of necessary goods.

          Goods can be produced at home. Sooner or later. But integrating back into the global economy will be more difficult, but necessary.
          So Russia's integration into the global economy provides diplomatic leverage for dialogue between countries.
          1. +3
            29 December 2015 17: 55
            Quote: gladcu2
            So Russia's integration into the global economy provides diplomatic leverage for dialogue between countries.

            belay What are the leverage on the market? If you don’t want to sell, let’s say goodbye, we can crush it with gas for Europe doesn’t have enough alternative sources, as soon as they find a replacement, they will send us far and for a long time, they will only send goods for sale to us.
            Sanctions are a dirty competition for markets, they hit Voentorg and friends of GDP.
            Other markets leave - use your health.

            zs Although it is very similar to a mild version of an attempt to break up the USSR - to strangle industry, create a deficit, inflation, then unemployment, strikes - "new rulers" with promises of a bright future.
            1. 0
              29 December 2015 20: 13
              corsair

              The USSR did not care about external levers of influence. This is a fairy tale about cheaper oil for people who do not know how to think critically.

              The USSR was a self-sufficient country. With a closed internal turnover system. A similar system can be created in Russia, but this is tantamount to a complete boycott, which I really did not want. Since the next step will be a world war all against Russia.
              1. +1
                30 December 2015 10: 25
                Quote: gladcu2
                The USSR was a self-sufficient country. With a closed internal turnover system. A similar system can be created in Russia, but this is tantamount to a complete boycott, which I really did not want. Since the next step will be a world war all against Russia.

                It was true, but still not closed - the USSR traded well with half the world at the same time (India, China and a bunch of others), though with someone on credit.
          2. Hon
            0
            30 December 2015 13: 18
            Quote: gladcu2
            The price of oil is not sanctioned. They claim that these are the consequences of the global economic downturn.

            it is claimed by chance not by those who said that below 80 the price can not go down? what is the recession in the global economy? The Saudis openly state that they intentionally lower prices.
        4. 0
          30 December 2015 06: 28
          and it makes me happy, because gasoline has fallen in price by $ 1.4 per gallon, and who knows why gasoline is getting more expensive in Russia with cheaper oil? 7
          1. +1
            30 December 2015 10: 32
            Quote: Felix2
            and it makes me happy, because gasoline has fallen in price by $ 1.4 per gallon, and who knows why gasoline is getting more expensive in Russia with cheaper oil? 7

            1. Because we have its extraction and transportation is several times more expensive than anywhere else in the world.
            2. Oil companies are trying to keep their profits or reduce losses by changing prices.
            3. Intermediaries (sometimes there are several) selling gasoline also invest their risks and want to eat different tsatskas as well.
            4. For some reason, credit rates are tied to the dollar, so that currency fraud is not carried out, etc. (xs ... financiers should explain this - with what?)
            5. Bourgeois (shareholders of all the above companies) want to live well and eat not bread and butter, but also caviar and preferably not different eggplant and red, give them sturgeon and cognac XO
      3. +10
        29 December 2015 09: 48
        Quote: Enot-poloskun
        3) The United States will not tolerate any Russian influence in the Donbas and will not abandon the idea of ​​“returning Crimea” to Ukraine.

        Could show mattresses and abruptly, but
        1. +4
          29 December 2015 11: 00
          Che hesitated to unzip his fly ???
      4. +5
        29 December 2015 11: 14
        The Russian Helicopters holding company, the United Engine Corporation, the Tekhnodinamika holding, and the High-Precision Complexes NPO came under sanctions.

        Well

        And do not give the Pentagon ordered helicopters for Afghanistan, titanium for Boeing and engines for missiles - the plants are under sanctions!
        1. 0
          30 December 2015 07: 02
          And what, stay generally with horseradish.
          Is there more titanium anywhere? And pensions, salaries to doctors, teachers where to get. And where to arrange workers from titanium mines?
          Strange logic.
      5. +4
        29 December 2015 15: 16
        Quote: Enot-poloskun
        Sanctions, sanctions ... Yes to sneeze on them! New Years is soon!

        -----------------
        That which was introduced against us is generally garbage. These are the hysteria of the Sechin-Rotenbergs. Here they would introduce like Iran, to the full extent - the arrest of gold and foreign exchange reserves, a ban on the export of hydrocarbons, a ban on foreign trade, and by little things there, a ban on arms exports to Iran, for technology exports. And then the panic fanned. They themselves ditched their real sector 10 years ago. It is necessary to deal with economics, and not to consider sanctions with oil.
        1. +2
          29 December 2015 15: 51
          Quote: Altona
          , in full, the arrest of gold and foreign exchange reserves, a ban on the export of hydrocarbons, a ban on foreign trade, well, the little things there, a ban on the export of arms to Iran, on the export of technology

          But there is a bad suspicion that this is something we cherish for "sweet" ... I also thought about this more than once, while the sanctions simply complicate the life of the Kremlin, but the kill off is not included yet ..
        2. +2
          29 December 2015 21: 51
          Quote: Altona
          Quote: Enot-poloskun
          Sanctions, sanctions ... Yes to sneeze on them! New Years is soon!

          -----------------
          That which was introduced against us is generally garbage. These are the hysteria of the Sechin-Rotenbergs. Here they would introduce like Iran, to the full extent - the arrest of gold and foreign exchange reserves, a ban on the export of hydrocarbons, a ban on foreign trade, and by little things there, a ban on arms exports to Iran, for technology exports. And then the panic fanned. They themselves ditched their real sector 10 years ago. It is necessary to deal with economics, and not to consider sanctions with oil.

          It is enough to introduce an embargo on agricultural products. Russia grows enough chicken, but eggs are bought in Germany. According to various sources, 80-90% of seed production is western, like fertilizers, as well as many feeds. The insemination material for cows is also mostly European and the list goes on.
          It's me that these sanctions are more intimidating than collapsing the economy, they would like to collapse, they would have been done long ago. Muscle Political Games ...
      6. 0
        29 December 2015 17: 51
        The goal is to undermine the competitor’s economy and fight against objectionable governments



        Yes, this is a war of survival. Unequal struggle. All reasons are just reasons. The most important, but not announced sanctions are the deliberate collapse of the oil market. It seems to me that in this war we included our penultimate reserve - an increase in the Fed rate and export of Amer crude oil.
      7. +2
        29 December 2015 17: 53
        Introducing the "old" sanctions, we add on our own, Washington directly shows Russia: 1) the Ukrainian crisis




        What does the Ukrainian crisis have to do with it? There is no Ukrainian crisis in Cuba or Iran. Or Venezuela, when Chavez came to power. Jackson-Vanik amendment, Magnitsky's list - what does Ukraine have to do with it?
        The goal is to undermine the competitor’s economy and fight against objectionable governments, and there can be any reason. We must accept this normally - always, as soon as an independent, national policy is pursued, in their own interests and to their detriment, they will use sanctions. Well, that is their right.
    2. +12
      29 December 2015 06: 45
      However, the devil is not so bad as he is painted.


      We will speak frankly ...
      pressure on our country with the help of sanctions will continue further ... it has become the norm for the United States ... and anybody’s authority may be the reason for it in the direction of BULK.
      I am amazed at the impudence with which WASHINGTON, being several thousand km from our borders, is trying to dictate his will to us ... just amazing impudence.
      All US policy towards RUSSIA is subordinated to one goal: to impose its will on us and, as a result, turn our country into an obedient vassal and a cash cow.


      Do not be this.
      1. +10
        29 December 2015 06: 54
        I am amazed at the impudence with which WASHINGTON, being several thousand km from our borders, is trying to dictate his will to us ... just amazing impudence.


        And they dictate their will to the whole world, and they deeply spit on the fact that someone somewhere considers this arrogance. Though everyone they bend over will think so, they spit. Because they bend, and not them. request
        And you can shout to the blue what they are reptiles and stuff, they are bending their line around the world, doing what is beneficial to them.
        It's a shame, but annoying, such a situation. And its change is not expected.
        1. +1
          29 December 2015 16: 15
          Quote: Glot
          And its change is not expected.

          And even the Yellowstone Volcano will not help us .. laughing
        2. +1
          29 December 2015 21: 10
          You’re right, colleague .... and they have a printing press again, and we live in a financial system that they thought out .......
    3. +20
      29 December 2015 06: 51
      My God! Yes, we receive "gifts" from mattress covers all our lives. Now there are sanctions, earlier there was the Jacks-Vanik amendment (1974-2012). Only 38 years old. Horseradish radish is not sweeter. Cancel these sanctions, come up with something else. We are guilty for the states already because we exist. "Partners" all the same.
      1. +11
        29 December 2015 08: 19
        Quote: Kos_kalinki9
        We are guilty for the states that we already exist.

        We are to blame for the fact that we own 1/9 of the earth's land mass, which contains a fifth of the world's resources. "Our Western partners" consider this to be wrong and are trying in every possible way to eliminate such "injustice."
        1. -2
          29 December 2015 09: 07
          Quote: Ami du peuple
          We are to blame for the fact that we own 1/9 of the earth's land mass, which contains a fifth of the world's resources. "Our Western partners" consider this to be wrong and are trying in every possible way to eliminate such "injustice."

          firstly 1 \ 6, and secondly: why are we living so poorly? really partners are to blame ??
          1. +8
            29 December 2015 09: 59
            Quote: twviewer
            firstly 1 \ 6, and secondly: why are we living so poorly? really partners are to blame ??

            You probably studied well in the Soviet school, if you remember the figure of 1/6. Only after the collapse of the USSR, the country's territory decreased slightly. As for "partners are to blame" - do not distort, about their fault, in our current economic situation, I have not said a word. Although you personally will probably be better off if these "partners" establish external control over Russia. Then you will certainly live richly.
            1. +1
              29 December 2015 18: 30
              Quote: Ami du peuple
              You personally, apparently, will be better if these "partners" establish

              I personally have seen both partners in the coffin. And external management has long been established, this alone explains the current purchase of American securities.
              1. -2
                30 December 2015 02: 35
                Quote: twviewer
                And external management has long been established, this alone explains the current purchase of American securities.

                Tell the Chinese. Those, according to your logic, have long been under total external control, once they share the first or second place in the world among holders of US debt obligations. Where does the PDA only look? what
                For reference: Russia is in the middle of the second ten among similar US lenders. I foresee the question of comparing the Chinese and Russian economies. So, China’s GDP exceeds Russia’s five times, and China’s investments in US Treasuries are 15 times higher. How do you like the proportion?
                1. -1
                  30 December 2015 05: 52
                  Quote: Ami du peuple
                  Tell the Chinese. Those, according to your logic, have long been under total external control, once they share the first or second place in the world among holders of US debt obligations. Where does the PDA only look? what

                  the Chinese stimulate demand, look at their trade balance with the SGA, and we stimulate the shackles laughing
                  1. 0
                    30 December 2015 07: 05
                    Quote: Ami du peuple
                    For reference: Russia is in the middle of the second ten among similar US lenders. I foresee the question of comparing the Chinese and Russian economies. So, China’s GDP exceeds Russia’s five times, and China’s investments in US Treasuries are 15 times higher. How do you like the proportion?

                    Speaking of GDP: in 2014, ours differs from the Chinese by almost 10 times, and it would be nice to recall the structure of GDP - most of which are services, compare the cost of services in countries, and you will understand that your campaign for GDP in this case is meaningless. fellow
          2. -3
            29 December 2015 13: 52
            Quote: twviewer
            Quote: Ami du peuple
            We are to blame for the fact that we own 1/9 of the earth's land mass, which contains a fifth of the world's resources. "Our Western partners" consider this to be wrong and are trying in every possible way to eliminate such "injustice."

            firstly 1 \ 6, and secondly: why are we living so poorly? really partners are to blame ??

            FACT: In Russia, only 15-20% of its entire territory is suitable for living. The rest of the territory is not suitable for living and its use.
            1. +3
              29 December 2015 14: 42
              Quote: Resident007
              FACT: In Russia, only 15-20% of its entire territory is suitable for living. The rest of the territory is not suitable for living and its use.

              laughing And who cares when the sharing of resources goes? they don’t want to live here. Thatcher back in the 80s, proposed to leave 15 million souls in Russia for infrastructure staff.
              I noticed that the more comfortable (rich in living creatures, the sun, warmth and other factors) the place of residence, the more cautious the little man.
              All the same, the harsh climate and place of residence strongly tempers the character and improves the genes, the natural (human) factor also works here.
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              2. -1
                29 December 2015 17: 15
                Quote: Corsair
                Quote: Resident007
                FACT: In Russia, only 15-20% of its entire territory is suitable for living. The rest of the territory is not suitable for living and its use.

                laughing And who cares when the sharing of resources goes? they don’t want to live here. Thatcher back in the 80s, proposed to leave 15 million souls in Russia for infrastructure staff.
                I noticed that the more comfortable (rich in living creatures, the sun, warmth and other factors) the place of residence, the more cautious the little man.
                All the same, the harsh climate and place of residence strongly tempers the character and improves the genes, the natural (human) factor also works here.

                Добре
          3. -1
            29 December 2015 15: 53
            Quote: twviewer
            firstly 1 \ 6,

            I’ll be the third .. laughing - 1 \ 5 (1 \ 6 - USSR)
    4. +6
      29 December 2015 06: 54
      I think that the Kremlin did not count on any relief in sanctions after the start of the operation of our Aerospace Forces in Syria. As usual, they probably counted on some kind of honesty and justice from the American and European "partners". But it’s probably high time to forget about decency and justice from the West. How many times have already been burned on this. And the sanctions are not the first for us, and now they have adapted to them.
      1. +2
        29 December 2015 07: 22
        Dear in the Kremlin, in response they will invest even more in the US economy, then it will be the same as with Ukraine, we will not see money and securities
    5. +4
      29 December 2015 07: 14
      "Washington is ready to cooperate with Moscow where it suits it, but at the same time it does not carry out any exchange." - essence.
    6. +2
      29 December 2015 07: 15
      But sanctions are not imposed on RDs.
      1. +8
        29 December 2015 07: 43
        Quote: Dimy4
        But sanctions are not imposed on RDs.

        And without them they cannot reach space. To the moon they can, but not to space wassat
        1. +1
          29 December 2015 07: 59
          I wish we knew what nishtyaks promised us at that time, so that we were silent? There are many speculations, but I have not seen specifically confirmed material ...
        2. 0
          29 December 2015 11: 32
          They buy rdshki for one segment of missiles - and there are a lot of rocket engines and missiles in the USA.
    7. +2
      29 December 2015 07: 20
      Dear, we must thank the United States for the sanctions, maybe we can finally solve the issue of raw and credit dependence, import substitution will work, even in critical areas, this must be used, but if for the most part, this is all rubbish
      1. +3
        29 December 2015 07: 44
        Quote: 31rus
        , maybe finally we will really solve the issue of raw materials, credit dependence,

        Do you know how to do this in a couple of years?
      2. Hon
        0
        29 December 2015 08: 01
        Already ran to decide
      3. 0
        29 December 2015 08: 16
        Quote: 31rus
        Dear, you have to thank the United States for the sanctions

        yes bent already in a grateful bow.
        Quote: 31rus
        maybe finally decide

        Or maybe not.
        Quote: 31rus
        commodity, credit addiction

        Well, with credit, of course. But what do you mean by raw materials dependence?
        Quote: 31rus
        Well, if on a large scale, all this is nonsense
        Funny code) Why comment then?
      4. c3r
        +2
        29 December 2015 10: 32
        Yeah and Chubais, we will create a Russian on-the-background, in a Chinese factory at the price of an iPhone.
        1. +2
          29 December 2015 10: 43
          I’ll fix it a bit, at the price of two iPhones ...
    8. -3
      29 December 2015 07: 21
      The tighter the sanctions, the tighter we are, without a trace of good, among the ovs apparently s.ka began to bend over Russia.
      1. -3
        29 December 2015 08: 18
        Quote: Dmitry Potapov
        The stronger the sanctions, the stronger we

        who are "we" and in what place is "stronger"?
    9. +12
      29 December 2015 07: 28
      The White House intends to seek from Russia respect for the sovereignty of Ukraine... Don’t tell my slippers ... Gentlemen from the USA, to be more precise: The White House intends to seek from Russia respect for US sovereignty over Ukraine ....
    10. +2
      29 December 2015 07: 31
      The richest country in resources and intellect is concerned about the "terrible cry of the hegemon" - as I understand the sanctions? Don't go striped ears .... Celebrate your Christmas, and so, for a couple of years. During this time, we will arrange our own.
    11. +6
      29 December 2015 08: 01
      and after that: even our partners, who without quotes, Kazakhstan and Belarus have not yet left the FTZ with Ukraine, and apparently they will not quit, but here the question arises: maybe this is not quite an alliance, which is the CIS? maybe it’s time for us to review some aspects of the relationship? and to Belarus I have a lot of questions in general arise during the course of our lives, that the father’s behavior reminds me very much of Yanukovych ...
      1. +3
        29 December 2015 08: 44
        It’s good if the dog is a friend and not a friend is a dog.
        1. +1
          30 December 2015 22: 45
          And I would change Father. Sits, infection, on the neck and fools around, independent at someone else's expense.
    12. +2
      29 December 2015 08: 28
      ◦ A good wife, a good home ... What else does a person need to meet old age ?!
      1. +3
        29 December 2015 09: 18
        I think for most, the lack of the same house
    13. +2
      29 December 2015 08: 30
      the noose is delayed slowly but surely ...
    14. -7
      29 December 2015 08: 34
      Is it weak for our authorities to declare America a terrorist, fascist state and aggressor and take appropriate measures?
      The way while 7-10 years without space will live.
      1. +5
        29 December 2015 08: 54
        Quote: Volzhanin
        The way while 7-10 years without space will live.

        that is, in your opinion, in order to separate the superpower from space, it’s enough not to sell it the RD-180?
        Do you believe in Rogozin tales?
    15. +4
      29 December 2015 08: 35
      It's time to end the moaning about the sanctions. It is necessary to assess the current situation in the world with a sober look and continue living in the realities of the existing reality. We are enemies number 1 for the Anglo-Saxons until, God forbid, new Gorbachevs or Yeltsins come to power in Russia. Well, with your mind, no matter how excruciatingly painful it is, in your country, according to your own laws and regulations, without regard to what our "partners and colleagues" will say. Come on, they are scorching by the sun !!!
      1. +1
        29 December 2015 09: 02
        Quote: ibu355yandex.ru
        Necessary sober up look at the current situation in the world

        laughing if there is such an analogy, then it would be necessary to evaluate the condition of the liver and the motor-motor function. And remember where the nest egg is.
        You are the slogan "Russia is rising from its knees!" replaced with "Russia is getting out of the binge!"? Patriots won't like laughing
    16. +3
      29 December 2015 08: 49
      Russia in Syria defended its position and helped its ally, weakening the position of the United States and Turkey. In fact, it was possible to take control of the entire airspace of the territory.
      Whether the United States will meet Russia in the situation in Ukraine is not so important. But in this case, the Americans must immediately provide significant assistance to their Ukrainian vassal. However, we do not see loans, nor technologies - nothing that the horses of the Maidan had hoped for.
      1. +2
        29 December 2015 11: 11
        Oh, how much we weakened them, it’s even scary for us to raise our economy by 0,000000001%! We gave them this !!!!!!!!!!
        1. 0
          29 December 2015 15: 58
          Quote: Platonitch
          0,000000001%! This is what we gave them !!!!!!!!!!

          This happened because Medvedev sneezed at that time ..
      2. 0
        29 December 2015 21: 19
        In order for us to spoil horses from the Maidan, technologies are not needed. And they are given exactly enough money so that only they will not die of hunger.
    17. +1
      29 December 2015 09: 04
      Understand the following
      first sanctions are directed against the people of Russia, even if oil is at least $ 10 and ham is $ 1000 and is forbidden, breakfast (those with whom they are struggling) will have ham and their lives will be the same, everyone knows this (including in the USA)
      second in the "war" the ruble the dollar will win over the dollar, because "we" want this dollar, but they do not want the ruble. Until we use it in our calculations, the situation will not change. The only thing that can be done is to trade using the currencies of the countries with which you trade, you can start with China, because wherever you look, from cowards to smartphones, it is everywhere.
      currency advertising should be removed as an alternative, the price of kWh and m3 of water (let people ask housing and communal services workers why the price is one in quotes and the other in the payment)
    18. +8
      29 December 2015 09: 50
      -Dad, vodka has risen in price, will you drink less now?
      -No, daughter, you’ll eat less now!

      Do not be naive. Our elite both lived and will live. And she will drag the stranglehold around our neck, saying that they are patriots, and our hard life is all the machinations of foreign bourgeoisie. They will be the last ones to limit themselves in something.
      1. c3r
        0
        29 December 2015 10: 40
        Yes, yes, a revolution! And the storm will break, and let the cleansing wind come, and the whole abomination of the old world will be able, and let the new one appear ..... And we will make you the supreme ruler. ..first you steal into a comfortable life, and then maybe you will lead! hi
        1. +1
          29 December 2015 16: 00
          Quote: c3r
          you start to stole a comfortable life, and then you can also lead

          So for 15 years, my mother has stolen, do not worry, but everything is not in order ..
    19. 0
      29 December 2015 09: 56
      Here it is clear that the sanctions will not be lifted.
      And to hell with them! ... lol
      1. +1
        29 December 2015 11: 06
        For some reason, basically horseradish is obtained for us !!!
    20. +1
      29 December 2015 10: 45
      A complete rejection of sanctions while preserving Crimea for Russia is possible, I suppose, in fifty years. That was the time it took the American rulers to lift the embargo from Cuba.


      Well, here Oleg missed ... so far the United States only declares the lifting of sanctions from Cuba. There are no special shifts. The Obama administration then looked for major foreign policy success and tried to impose (as it knows) through the world media that they had achieved it, simultaneously setting up conditions for Cuba that it would certainly not / would not want to fulfill. So far, the process has frozen again.
      In the process of announcing to the world the success of the United States with Cuba, in parallel (well, they’re used to it), the Americans set the conditions for Raul K. and his government, and were gently sent. In the USA, they thought that the lifting of sanctions is more necessary for Cuba (this is true) and therefore they will go to any conditions. Any conditions, as it turned out, were unacceptable, the whole fervor of the Americans was blown away, although some internal success (among the Latinos in the USA, right up to the elections) was achieved, of course, out of habit, they tried to threaten, but here they were no longer understood by the Cuban immigrants and the rest of the Latin diaspora in USA...
      As a result, 6 September 2014 years, USA once again extended trade embargo against Cuba ...
      So even after 50 years (if the US still survives and will at least represent something of itself) they [the USA] will cling to sanctions against Russia. And will they continue to be supported (like sanctions against Cuba) by Israel, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau (if by that time they would not be under water yet, and I. would not be washed off by the next intifada ...)?

      P / s / In 50 years the EU will not be up to sanctions
    21. 0
      29 December 2015 11: 04
      The most interesting thing: Lavrov "asked" Kerry for Ukraine to follow the Minsk agreements. What does it mean Ukraine 51 states of perdosia or what? This is what we got into diplomacy (after Chernomordin in Ukraine).
    22. Dam
      +7
      29 December 2015 11: 54
      We are not afraid of sanctions, but the fifth column of liberals in power, right up to the highest echelons. The dumb tax system is terrible, which dramatically increases the managing superstructure of the enterprise, makes it impossible to pay taxes honestly and makes the businessman a hostage to corrupt cops.
    23. 0
      29 December 2015 12: 37
      The stranglehold of sanctions is delayed

      What a noose, the author is joking? A year ago, Putin explained that the sanctions have no effect. Even the slogan was ridiculous - "don't tell my Iskanders," that everyone has already forgotten or what? Or maybe Putin was wrong and the sanctions are affecting, and it's not funny at all? It cannot be, Putin is never wrong.
      1. 0
        30 December 2015 02: 29
        Quote: chunga-changa
        What a noose, the author is joking? A year ago, Putin explained that the sanctions have no effect. Even the slogan was ridiculous - "don't tell my Iskanders," that everyone has already forgotten or what? Or maybe Putin was wrong and the sanctions are affecting, and it's not funny at all? It cannot be, Putin is never wrong.


        Perhaps you were joking like that? Over the past year, with the previous volumes of work and prices, my purchasing power has fallen by almost half. Whether we want it or not, but we are heavily dependent on the dollar and sanctions, and the matter is not jamon and oysters ... I am ready to steadfastly bear the hardships and hardships of American mischief, and even support my government, but I must see a clear goal and plans for realizing this goal ... but for now the government is pouring general phrases into our ears and not of any specifics ... And if there is a war now, economic, hybrid or ideological, then we are just infantry of this war, at least we should know why fighting. for the homeland or for the next nishtyachki for those in power ...
    24. +1
      29 December 2015 12: 39
      The Americans by their stupidity force the introduction of a “new oprichnina” into the Russian Federation, which is not at all in their interests!

      Andrey Fursov. A new oprichnina is coming
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvNUssFd1xs
    25. 0
      29 December 2015 12: 46
      It is necessary to close all sorts of eateries like McDonald's, prohibit the import of "Pepsi", "Cola" and other brands, because of dangerous contents for health, etc. and stop selling engines to NASA ....
      1. +2
        29 December 2015 22: 05
        Quote: Dynamic Systems
        It is necessary to close all sorts of eateries like McDonald's, prohibit the import of "Pepsi", "Cola" and other brands, because of dangerous contents for health, etc. and stop selling engines to NASA ....

        Paradoxically, McDonald's is beneficial to the Russian economy. There is a completely internal cycle, that is, they produce from products bought on the territory of the Russian Federation, and bring in the very minimum, by the way the authorities never denied this. The question for you is why close a company that pays taxes, creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, buys from domestic manufacturers? Just because the Americans own it? Retaliatory sanctions should last hit the population and farmers. This is how to close the Lada because it is not entirely Russian, although the best-selling car in Russia and a huge number of jobs.
    26. 0
      29 December 2015 12: 49
      The stranglehold of sanctions is delayed
      Come on, kids, tell us something else about collaboration and collaboration laughing
    27. +1
      29 December 2015 13: 20
      Here it is clear that the sanctions will not be lifted.
      And to hell with them! ...


      What a noose, is the author joking? A year ago, Putin explained that sanctions do not affect


      If they influence, it is very slightly.
      Stronger and significantly has on our budget, and from that on everything else,
      reduction in oil prices. And if its value remained in the region of $ 80-90,
      many would only smile at their sanctions.
      1. 0
        29 December 2015 21: 25
        So yes, but oil is not 80 or 90, but 36 cards ....
    28. 0
      29 December 2015 13: 46
      Once they introduce new sanctions and expand the old ones, then the process of abandoning the buck is in full swing, the speed of which begins to scare the mattress.
    29. +1
      29 December 2015 14: 05
      Until America ceases to be a "hegemon", it will do bad things to us. Therefore, we must help her to stop being.
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    31. +1
      29 December 2015 14: 43
      If someone gets upset after learning the price of oil and the dollar rate, my advice is not to think about it, it is unhealthy, and none of us can do anything about it. I stopped and my blood pressure returned to normal. With the ruble exchange rate, Russia often toiled. Remember Dostoevsky. Ms. Khokhlakova was prevented from sleeping by the ruble exchange rate. So she was a stupid woman (in other words, d ...). There is no need to be like. As for the response to sanctions. here I am a skeptic. I quote: "Peskov said that Moscow would respond to this step: “Of course, based on the principle of reciprocity, the Russian side will first analyze these decisions and then suggestions on possible countermeasures will be accumulated”. I think that the statement itself will be the answer to the sanctions, I don’t know how Russia can really respond to our economy.
      1. +2
        29 December 2015 15: 19
        Quote: mikh-korsakov
        If someone gets upset after learning the price of oil and the dollar rate, my advice is not to think about it, it is unhealthy, and none of us can do anything about it. I stopped and my blood pressure returned to normal. With the ruble exchange rate, Russia often toiled. Remember Dostoevsky. Ms. Khokhlakova was prevented from sleeping by the ruble exchange rate. So she was a stupid woman (in other words, d ...). There is no need to be like. As for the response to sanctions. here I am a skeptic. I quote: "Peskov said that Moscow would respond to this step: “Of course, based on the principle of reciprocity, the Russian side will first analyze these decisions and then suggestions on possible countermeasures will be accumulated”. I think that the statement itself will be the answer to the sanctions, I don’t know how Russia can really respond to our economy.

        probably the best response to sanctions would be to improve life in Russia.
    32. 0
      29 December 2015 15: 16
      The White House intends to seek from Russia respect for the sovereignty of Ukraine, the US Treasury Department said.

      What kind of sovereignty of the vassals of the white house can be discussed? and where does the US finance min?
    33. +2
      29 December 2015 15: 35
      What is a noose? Russia could not be spurred on without it. And then you just need to rebuild, you need to rebuild ... And then the sanctions and really need to rebuild the economy, now let's see how long we will harness and whether to go fast!
    34. +2
      29 December 2015 15: 41
      Quote: Enot-poloskun
      Sanctions, sanctions ... Yes to sneeze on them! New Years is soon!

      Year of new hopes and achievements! So win!


      Yes, you are a storyteller, my friend laughing
      Here's what the pros say:

      http://tv.rbc.ru/archive/vittel/567c33349a79479cea08fec8
      and further:
      http://tv.rbc.ru/archive/vittel/567c37489a79479cea08fecb
    35. +1
      29 December 2015 15: 44
      No need to explain anything. Sanctions were, are and will always be while we exist. But let diplomats and politicians be outraged - they have such a job.
    36. +1
      29 December 2015 16: 08
      As I understand it, according to Zharikhin, it turns out that if we are sanctioned, the Kremlin does not understand the mentality of the Amers, but if they are, then this is what is needed?
    37. 0
      29 December 2015 23: 37
      The author himself does not understand the mentality of amers. They put pressure on any competitor - "it's nothing personal, it's business." Russia is the only country that is guaranteed to destroy America. Tough pragmatists - they will spit in their face, wither and smile if necessary for business.
      After EBN, the mattresses calmed down - you just have to wait and our strategic nuclear forces themselves will rot. And here on you.,. Boreas and other poplars calibrated.
      So they sniffed the border, sanctions from the bulldozer and the price of oil drop.
      There are either sanctions or bananas to grow.
    38. 0
      30 December 2015 00: 11
      Regarding the sanctions against Sberbank ... Maybe, finally, Gref will cover up his "daughter" in Khokhlostan and will no longer sponsor (lend) the ATO and other Bandera.
    39. 0
      30 December 2015 00: 27
      I just can’t understand one thing. With which drunk hedgehog suddenly one of the ministries of a country suddenly impudently imposes some bans on individuals and legal entities in another country? In our world, that, the US Treasury is the main and only body that has the right (!) To impose some bans ?! Let them do what they want in their own country! They want - they prohibit the activities of our organizations, do not work with them, etc. But where does all the other countries have to do with it? What right do they have to tell someone else what to do? Here is what interests me! And all these sanctions-manktsy did not rest against my horn! And if news is made of this, I believe that it is not right. For example, let the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Sakha impose sanctions on some banks or cow plantations in the USA. Yes, the United States wanted to spit on it, even in news feeds, if it is shown, it is only as humor! What awesome hangover all the time shouting - sanctions, sanctions! - Yes, and to hell with them. They imposed. We will impose in response. And what for to discuss it? So let them lay nearby. I just do not understand in the same way our government, which continues to clatter with them and does not kill them, Americans, those areas where they have their own interest. Hack a couple of times and you look, they will be smarter. And then they choose. We will impose sanctions on this, but we will not impose on it, because here our interest. And it turns out we warm. And what for?
    40. +4
      30 December 2015 00: 30
      Quote: Kite
      Quote: AFS
      Who knows, is it true or a duck?

      Does Belarus and the EU have an agreement on a free trade zone? That's all the truth to you will be in this answer. Dill is about to enter the FTA with the EU, Belarus has already been with Dill in the FTA, i.e. now Belarusian goods can be sent to the EU duty-free through ukrostan? But this will not work, they will not let the Europeans. If in one direction from the EU through y ..... to Belarus, then Lukashenko himself will stand up with a machine gun at the border. But he knows how easy it is to relabel goods, you can’t deceive him with such a crap that goods from Ukraine are of origin.

      .... Ukraine hopes to penetrate the Russian market with the help of Belarus
      Belarus again went against the policy of Russia towards Ukraine: Minsk decided to maintain a free trade zone with Kiev, which Moscow closes. For a number of Ukrainian enterprises, the “Belarusian path to Russia” may be the only means of survival - how will this ultimately affect the Russian market? ....
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    43. 0
      30 December 2015 00: 41
      Yes, they suck from an elderly hedgehog with their own sanctions. Everything that does not kill us makes us stronger. And in general, Happy New Year to you !! drinks

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