mon 21 dec 2015, 15:49

EU confirm extension sanctions Russia

BRUSSELS/MOSCOW –

The European Union has the trade sanctions against Russia on Monday extended by six months. They would be on the 31st of January due to expire, but shall remain in force until 31 July 2016, decided the 28 member states on Friday in Brussels at ministerial level. The EU council of ministers has the step on Monday in Brussels ratified.

De Russische president Poetin.

The Russian president vladimir Putin.

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REUTERS

The western sanctions were more than two years ago, imposed because of Russian involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. The EU demands that Russia, the peace plan of Minsk is fully run.

Russian president Vladimir Putin should be the pro-Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine so far as they contribute to a solution to the conflict. Only then there is a view on easing the economic sanctions. The Kremlin accused the EU on Monday that the enforcement of the sanctions Kiev encourages the vredesafspraken to violate that in Minsk between Ukraine and the separatists.