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Ukraine Extends Trade Sanctions Against Russia for Another Year

9 Dec 2019

• 9 Dec 09:40

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Ukraine will keep in force the tariffs it imposed on Russian goods for another year, the country’s government has decided, according to MP Aleksey Goncharenko,Lenta.rureports. The levies on Russian imports will stay in place until the end of 2020, the lawmaker said, adding the move comes “in response to Moscow’s actions”. The Russian government has already warned that it will come up with retaliatory measures, and the relevant documents are set to be signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev soon, according to his press secretary. Ukraine decided to impose the measures after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from its neighbor in 2014. Read more...