Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Friday extending through 2018 sanctions against the EU that he imposed in retaliation for action by the West after the Kremlin’s military intervention in Ukraine.
Putin’s move came in the same week that the EU formally approved a six-month extension of its sanctions against Russia, which were imposed after the invasion and annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
EU leaders have made clear that they will not lift the sanctions against Russia until the implementation of the Minsk 2 peace accord, brokered by the leaders of France and Germany …read more
Source: European Voice
