EU logo MOSCOW, Jan 19The EU doubts that it is necessary to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation for «hybrid attacks», for example, «the use of cyber weapons or provocations», reports the Financial Times, citing informed sources. It is noted that the differences between the EU countries became apparent during informal negotiations led by France last week. The Russian Federation has repeatedly rejected allegations of cyber attacks, calling them unfounded. «There was no agreement at all about what aggression means, and there are very big disagreements between states. Some want all kinds of hybrid attacks, others are not far from the option in which (sanctions are imposed) only with a full invasion, «- quotes the edition of the words of the source who participated in the discussions.
Lavrov called the threat of new sanctions against Russia emotions According to the newspaper, the countries have reached unity on the need to respond to the «attack by Russia», but they lack unity on the definition of this «attack». The EU continues negotiations on this topic, the newspaper writes. According to the publication, officials from countries «geographically close to Russia» worry that without a clear definition of actions in response to which sanctions should be imposed, the decision on how to respond will actually take more large states, such as France and Germany. Some EU members may ignore «deliberate subversive activities» on the territory of Ukraine, the paper notes. The West and Ukraine are in escalation, stating that they are not threatening anyone and are not going to attack anyone, and that they are moving troops within their territory and at their own discretion, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. In addition, Russia has repeatedly stated that talking to her in the language of sanctions is counterproductive.
