The question of the extension of the EU sanctions against Russia resolved, but within six months the sanctions regime could be weakened. This was stated in an interview with Euronews European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
«At the moment, it is clear that we will renew the sanctions in June. But for the next six months we will continue to monitor to see whether sufficient progress has in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, in order to remove part of the sanctions, “- Juncker said
The head of the European Commission directly linked easing sanctions. implementation of the Minsk agreements. “Simply put, the more made points of the Minsk Protocol, the smaller the sanctions”, – he said
15:01 March 16, 2016
Earlier, on June 20 the extension of European sanctions against Russia announced the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Marc Eyraud. June 17 about the inevitability of extending the restrictions stated the head of the European Council Donald Tusk. On May 26, he had already announced the extension of restrictive measures.
At the same time, the agency Reuters reported on June 20 that there was disagreement on the question of the extension of sanctions against Russia among the EU countries. Britain insists on continuing hard line against Moscow, while Slovakia, which will start the EU presidency on July 1, said the insolvency of such a policy
EU sanctions policy against Russia includes three different areas:. Visa restrictions against Russian citizens, economic – against a number of Russian state-owned oil, defense and finance sectors, as well as the restrictive measures against the Crimea
a number of countries began to gradually introduce sanctions against Russia in March, 2014.. They explained their decision to the situation in the east of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, and their abolition subsequently tied to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. The term of the EU sanctions against Russia will expire on 31 July this year.
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