Ukraine expects extension of anti-Russian sanctions for another six months

Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vadym Prystaiko says he expects that sanctions against Russia will be extended for another six months in the summer of 2016.

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"My expectation is that in summer the sanctions will be extended at least for another half a year," he said in an interview with Ukrainian online newspaper Europeiska Pravda.

"How long this practice continues and how Ukraine is making use of this time to become stronger in many ways – that is a serious matter, I fear," Prystaiko said.

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