European Union ministers extend Crimea sanctions for another year

BRUSSELS – European Union agricultural ministers have prolonged the bloc’s investment ban against Crimea for another year.  The ministers extended the restrictive measures, which were adopted in 2014 in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, during a meeting in Luxembourg on June 18. EU ambassadors had already approved the move earlier this … Continue reading European Union ministers extend Crimea sanctions for another year