Strasbourg, 08/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 8 June, leaders from G-7 countries (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Canada, US, Japan) asserted that they were prepared to step up sanctions against the Russian Federation. This announcement was made a few days after the violent clashes that have taken place in the East of Ukraine, which the EU described as “the most serious violation of the ceasefire since the Minsk agreements last February” (see EUROPE 11328).
Given...