Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Greece Friday courting a European Union member ahead of the bloc’s vote on whether to renew sanctions against the Kremlin over its actions in Ukraine.
Germany said Friday it would support the gradual lifting of sanctions if Russia was able to demonstrate progress toward implanting the Minsk peace agreement that was signed in February 2015 in the hopes of putting an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more
Source: International Business Times
