MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. The EU has postponed adopting the 19th package of sanctions against Russia because it failed to enlist the support of the administration of US President Donald Trump, while a unilateral adoption will clearly show the political bankruptcy of the union, Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics, said.
"I think the main reason for the indefinite postponement was the position that the Trump administration has taken on American sanctions and the pressure measures against both Russia and Russia's key partners, namely that the Trump administration has set obviously impossible conditions for the European Union to get Washington to also introduce some new anti-Russian sanctions and new pressure measures against China and India," Suslov, who is also an expert at the Valdai Club, told TASS.
"The desire of the European Union to somehow act together with the United States, after all, to convince it to do something against Russia, against its partners, is the main reason for this delay. Plus, we know that difficulties have arisen even on non-economic issues of the 19th package. Namely, with the further tightening of the visa regime against Russia. Because the euroelites, including representatives of the European Commission, quite obviously took the initiative to introduce even greater restrictions on the issuance of tourist visas for Russians."
