Great Britain begins the process of leaving the European Union

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The UK has officially notified the European Union of its intention to leave the EU, thereby launching the Brexit procedure. The appeal was signed Teresa may 28 in the evening in March, he was taken to Brussels by the British ambassador to the EU, Sir Tim Barrow. In it, London reports that it enters into force the article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, meduza.io.

For UK exit from the EU voted almost 52% of voters - after which Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he was retiring, and uncertainty arose in the financial and commodity markets. After that, the approval of the procedure was approved by the Parliament and Queen Elizabeth II.

This event caused a lot of comments: how it will affect the interests of the European Union, the United States and Russia.

The tone was set by former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFall. In the article for The Washington Post He expressed the opinion that the exit of Britain from the EU will strengthen, above all, Russia's positions, they write vedomosti.ru.

“Europe is now weakening, while Russia, its allies and its integration associations are gaining strength and even increasing their ranks. <…> Putin and his foreign policy benefit greatly from this.”

At stake are sanctions against Russia, the strengthening of pro-Putin and Euro-skeptic parties in Europe, the weakening of Ukraine’s position and the vague future of the US’s closest ally, Britain, on the world stage, the former ambassador said.

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