EU sanctions designed to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine were prolonged by six months Thursday, with the bloc’s foreign affairs ministers agreeing there had been insufficient change to warrant lifting the measures.
The asset freeze and a travel ban against 146 people and 37 firms, most of them Russians, were first introduced in March 2014 and have since been extended periodically.
“The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the regime of sanctions nor in the list of persons and entities under restrictive measures,” a Council of the European Union statement read.
An East European diplomat told POLITICO when the …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition
