19-03-2015 23:59 via news.yahoo.com

EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met

By Adrian Croft and Elizabeth Pineau BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. The compromise reached at an EU summit in Brussels maintains EU unity on sanctions against Moscow over its role in the Ukraine conflict. EU governments were divided on whether to act now to renew economic sanctions on Russia whi
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