Brussels and Washington for imposing more severe sanctions on Russia

The US secretary of the treasury and the EU commissioner for the euro agreed that sanctions imposed on Russia should be maintained. Secretary Jack Lew called Russia to stop supporting separatists in Eastern Ukraine. The diplomats met in Brussels on Monday. “We can see that the sanctions have been working regarding the economy, but the conflict escalation shows that the pressure should be put in order to assure about the fulfilment of political commitments,” said commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. “The sanctions may be soften” if Russia follows the commitments included in Minsk Protocol signed in last September, Lew pointed out. Both the US and the EU are willing to end the conflicts with “diplomatic solution”.