EU states agree six-month Russia sanctions

EU Ambassadors agreed on the 18 December 2015 to extend Russian economic sanctions for a further six months. The decision was ratified on the 21 December 2015 and came into force on the 22 December 2015.

ESO: Background information: EU preparing to extend Russia sanctions for six months http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-preparing-to-extend-russia-sanctions-for-six-months/

ESO: Key Source: EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-sanctions-against-russia-over-ukraine-crisis/

Politico, 21.12.15: EU extends economic sanctions against Russia http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-extends-economic-sanctions-against-russia/

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/15/959: Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions by six months http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2015/12/21-russia-sanctions/

ECFR: Minsk Monitor http://www.ecfr.eu/wider/minsk

EUObserver, 11.01.16: Putin: Sanctions are 'theatre of absurd' https://euobserver.com/foreign/131771

ESO: Background information: Europe’s Failure to Understand Russia’s Decline http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-failure-to-understand-russias-decline/

EUObserver, 13.01.16: Sanctions to have little impact on Russia in 2016, US says https://euobserver.com/foreign/131812

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