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The European Union extended its economic sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, 28 June 2017, a widely expected step that keeps restrictions on business with Russian energy, defense and financial sectors until Jan. 31, 2018.EU leaders agreed to the extension at their summit in Brussels last week, after France and Germany cited no progress in efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine that has killed more than 10,000 people since April 2014.The sanctions were imposed in July 2014 following Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula and Moscow's direct support of terrorists in eastern Ukraine. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uk...
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