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The tragic loss of life on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has brought into sharp focus
the consequences of Russia’s destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. EU sanctions are
in direct response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, with the option of increasingly
severe restrictive measures if Russia does not desist from its policies to destabilise
Ukraine and support separatists in the east. By imposing sanctions, we have demonstrated
our willingness to use economic levers to influence Russia’s behaviour. We have no
wish to isolate Russia, nor to see the Russian people suffer as a result of the unlawful
actions of their leaders. The international community cannot stand by, however, and
ignore attacks upon Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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