European Union leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months over Moscow’s aggressive actions in Ukraine.
The decision, announced on December 14 at an EU summit, will extend current restrictions against Moscow until July 2018.
The EU measures, which mainly target the Russian banking and energy sectors, were first imposed in the summer of 2014 and have been extended every six months since then.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-russia-ukraine-agree-extend-sanctions/28918851.html
https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-president-welcomes-eu-extension-sanctions-russia/4164175.html
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