Germany backs extending EU sanctions against Russia: Merkel

  13 December 2018    Read: 1202
Germany backs extending EU sanctions against Russia: Merkel

Germany will back an extension of the European Union's punitive sanctions against Russia at an upcoming summit of EU leaders, Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Russia’s detention of three Ukrainian military vessels and their crews in the Kerch Strait - a body of water shared between the two countries - has led to widespread calls in Europe and the U.S. for sanctions against Moscow to be toughened.


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