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Biden: Russia didn’t fulfill any of its obligations, yet 5 EU countries want to lift sanctions.

1,695 views · Published 23 September 2016 · 6:08 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: NewsFromUkraine · 2016 · News & Politics

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US Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, 21 September 2016, warned that Ukraine needs to speed up its economic and political reforms or risk seeing the European Union walk away from its sanctions on Russia.

"We know that if they give an excuse to the EU, there are at least five countries right now that want to say 'We want out'" of sanctions against Moscow, Biden said, speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York (watch full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qpe2QVzoNE).

Biden said he has spent two to three hours a week on the phone with Ukrainian leaders since the crisis began, urging them to persist with reforms, while also pressuring Germany, France and Italy to hold fast on sanctions.

"There's an overwhelming instinct in Europe to say, ‘Hey: before [Poroshenko] became president, this was owned by Russia anyway. They had a puppet there. What difference does it make? What the hell's the difference? Why are you making us engage in these sanctions?'" Biden said.

This is sad that Europe is full of idiots who think that sanctions on Russia were imposed just to help Ukraine and not to punish Russia for its aggression and violation of International Law. Indeed, who cares – Russia is not killing EU citizens... yet.

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