EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn urges Russia and Ukraine to abolish restrictions on mutual trade and transit of goods.
"I do not agree with this kind of measures, since they do not…
The Cabinet of Ministers on 6 July extended its food embargo on Russian goods for six months, until 31 December 2017, in response to a new wave of restrictive measures earlier imposed…
President Petro Poroshenko is confident that sanctions will remain a powerful mechanism that makes Russia take part in negotiations on the settlement of the situation in Donbas and…
On 1 July 2016, the Council of the European Union prolonged the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until 31 January 2017, the Councilsaid in…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on 27 June took part in high-level political consultations between Ukraine and the EU with participation of the Presidents of the European Council…
Nadiya Savchenko, a member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, stated in favour of phasing out the EU sanctions against Russia as the Russian side implements the necessary conditions…
The European Union's Brussels envoys agreed on Tuesday to extend until the end of January the energy, financial and defence sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, Reuters…
The European Union extended for a year on Friday a ban on business dealings with the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move that has not…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has enacted the NSDC's decision on sanctions against 23 citizens and 61 companies and establishments of Iran, according to the president's website…
"If there are foreign journalists here, I want to you to address you. I’ve gone through torture and pain, just like many others. I am asking you to not abandon the sanctions, to continue…
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has rebuked the French Senate for what it said was the insufficient understanding of the depth of international law violations by Russia.
It was reacting…
The resolution passed by France's Senate to call for the cancellation of anti-Russian sanctions was made under pressure, says Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy. He said he hoped…
The French Senate has voted overwhelmingly to urge the government to gradually reduce economic sanctions on Russia, in a sign of growing opposition to sanctions in Europe.
The resolution…
The Kremlin is consistently violating international agreements and the United States will maintain sanctions and ask the EU to do the same.
"We have deterred further land grabs in…
G7 countries (US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Japan) in the final communique of the summit in Japan supported the policy of sanctions against Russia. The leaders of G7 stated…