By Adrian Croft
European Union foreign ministers extended economic sanctions on Russia until Jan. 31 on Monday, keeping up pressure on Moscow to help resolve the Ukraine conflict.
Russia described the move as a triumph for the “Russophobe” lobby in the EU and signalled it would respond by extending a ban on Western food imports, imposed in response to US and European sanctions, for a further six months.
EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved a six-month extension of sanctions that were “introduced in response to Russia’s destabilising role in eastern Ukraine,” an EU statement said. That ratified a decision taken by officials last …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
