The European Union (EU) has readiness to tighten sanctions against Russia, by extending its ban on investments in the Crimea.
The new measures will be directed towards limiting Russian explorations for natural oil and gas in the Black Sea, The Moscow Times reports.
In this way the EU is signalling that the West is not going to lift its sanctions against Russia, until Moscow drops its support for the rebels in the east of Ukraine.
It is expected that the newly-introduced sanctions are going to be announced at the meeting of the European Council that takes place on Thursday and Friday in Brussels.
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Source: Novinite