The Council of the European Union extended for six months, until January 31, 2021, sectoral economic sanctions against Russia, imposed in connection with the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, due to the failure to comply with the Minsk agreements on the Donbass.
“Today, the Council decided to extend sanctions on specific sectors of the Russian economy for another six months, until January 31, 2021,” the statement says. statement Council of the EU. The political decision to extend the sanctions was made by EU leaders at an online summit on June 17–18 after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (representatives of the “Norman format” member countries) informed their colleagues about the lack of progress in implementing agreements on the Donbass .
The EU and the United States imposed sanctions against Russia in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and because of events in the south-east of Ukraine. Since then, restrictive measures have been repeatedly extended. The duration of the restrictive measures was linked “to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, which was to be held by December 31, 2015.”
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Earlier, the European Union extended for a year, until June 23, 2021, the sanctions imposed in connection with the accession of Crimea to Russia in 2014.
Details – in the article “Kommersant” “The EU has decided on the sanctions.”
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