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British Prime Minister David Cameron has stressed the need to impose sanctions on the Russian president's Vladimir Putin inner circle, the Bloomberg news agency reported on July 25.

Cameron said that it was necessary to apply tough sanctions against
persons close to Putin, wherever they may live.

Within the EU, it is not Ukraine, but other countries that curb
the imposition of such sanctions, he said. Cameron said that in his
opinion, it was unfair to impose sanctions on people just because they
are Russians.

He said that the sanctions must instead be directed against those who support the Russian leader and his policies in Ukraine.