On Monday 13 March, the Council of Ministers of the EU extended (by written procedure) the sanctions on 37 Russian and Ukrainian entities and 150 people until 15 September 2017. These people and entities have been targeted for "undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine"– in connection either with Crimea or eastern Ukraine.
Two deceased people have been removed from the list – Guennadi Nikolaïevitch Tsypkalov, the former...