The G7 leaders have confirmed that the issue of extending sanctions against Russia before the end of 2015 will be considered by the European Council in June, said the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande.

at the same time, a speech at the meeting of the group of seven in Germany, Hollande tried to convince to continue the dialogue with Russia on the issue of Iran's nuclear weapons programme and global warming.

The G7 summit was held on 7-8 June in Bavaria. It was attended by the Leaders of Germany, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and the UK. Russia, which was adopted by the Association in 1998, excluded from participation in the event is from 2014.


Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.

The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news

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