: :inin Kyiv (EET)

EU extends Russia sanctions to 2016


EU foreign ministers agreed at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday to extend sanctions against Russia until Jan. 31, 2016, in an attempt to make Moscow abide by the cease-fire agreement signed in February. On February12, Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany signed a cease-fire, also called the Minsk agreement, over the crisis in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Russia slammed the EU’s decision on Monday saying it would in turn extend sanctions against the European Union. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was cited by Sputnik news agency on Monday as saying: “Russia, naturally, considers these sanctions to be unfounded and illegal, and we …read more

Source: Egypt Independent

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