The U.S. and Europe imposed another package of sanctions on Russia. This time the Old World agreed to accept the sanctions under the strong pressure from the United States. European leaders are deeply skeptical about humane intentions of Ukrainian President Poroshenko. Yet, large Russian energy and defense companies have been blacklisted. The list also includes new names, whose accounts in Europe and the United States will be frozen.
Vasily Koltashov, Director of the Center for Economic Research Institute of Globalization and Social Movements
"In the first place, the tactics of these companies about investment and development of the Russian market should change. It has been demonstrated that in modern conditions, increasing the influence of Russian corporations on the global market, the European market is a problem for the U.S. Russia's economic growth is an act of aggression for big business in the United States.
Russia is seen as a competitor, because it has the potential to enter new industries to further increase its influence. This is what Russian companies must do under the influence of sanctions, because the policy of the EU and the U.S. against Russia and Russian business is not going to change in the foreseeable future."
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