On Wednesday 28 June, the member states extended, by written procedure, the EU's economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2018, following a political agreement on this extension that was concluded at the European Council of 22-23 June (see EUROPE 11814).
The legal acts linked to this extension will be published in the EU Official Journal on Thursday 29 June.
The sanctions include financial measures, curtailing Russian access to certain sensitive technologies and services that can...