Mass media learned why EU was not included by import of diamonds to the anti-Russian sanctions

© Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti" / Utkin Alexander the Center of sorting of diamonds to Sakha (Yakutia) Republic. Archival photo Moscow, 23 Sep - Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti". EU did not include restriction on trade diamonds from Russian Federation in perimeter of sanctions because of lobbying from the Belgian diplomats, the newspaper of Elektronnaya versiya gazety Politico reports with reference to the informed sources. The head of European diplomacy Zhozep Borrel Fontelyes the day before declared that EU will enter new sanctions concerning Russian Federation, both personal, and sectoral, in connection with referenda into Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, the Kherson and Zaporozhye areas. The permanent representative at EU Vladimir Alekseevich Chizhov then told Russia about the various...