Tag: Russia

Last night, at an extraordinary meeting of heads of diplomacies of 28 member states, European Union decided to continue the sanctions on Russia until September, announced EU High Representative Federica Mogherini. Serious debate among most member states and the minority led by Greece, which opposed their continuance, preceded the voting for the continuation of sanctions, which were projected to end...

Heads of state and the governments of the 27 EU Member States today announced tightening of sanctions if Russia doesn’t condemn the actions of pro-Russian forces and begin to implement the agreement of Minsk. "We have evidence of continuous and increasingly intense Russian support of separatists, which emphasizes the responsibility of Russia," reads the joint statement, which condemned artillery attacks...