President Obama and leaders of the European Union agreed on Friday to retain sanctions against Russia for its military intervention in Ukraine.
The meeting, hosted in Berlin by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was held amid growing concern that President-elect Donald Trump will ease U.S. policy toward Russia despite Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine and Syria and ongoing human rights abuses. Leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain unanimously supported the proposal, the New York Times reported.
International sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow abides by its pledge for a cease-fire and removes heavy weapons from the front …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
