Maria Kniazeva. The European Council decided to link the duration of economic sanctions against Russia with the full implementation of the Minsk agreement, considering that that could only happen by the end of 2015, said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk at a press conference. "The European Council agreed that the duration of the economic penalties will be clearly linked to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, meaning, because it is expected only by the end of 2015," said he. Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when was expanded US sanction List. A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news