Brussels, 01/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The economic sanctions imposed by the European Union on the Russian Federation have been extended until the end of January 2017 by a unanimous decision of the EU member states, in accordance with a written procedure of the Council of the EU that was completed on Friday 1 July.
Introduced at the end of July 2014 in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea, these sanctions - which are mainly aimed at the finance, energy and defence sectors - have since...