EU sanctions against Russia were supported by six more countries

Six more European countries joined the extension of the anti -Russian sanctions of the European Union. According to RBC, this is stated in a statement by the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini. "Candidates of Montenegro and Albania, the countries of the European Free Trade Association of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as Ukraine join this decision. They will ensure the compliance of their national policy to this decision of the Council," the statement said.

On June 22, the European Union extended sectoral sanctions against Russia for six months . As explained, such a decision was made for the complete embodiment of the Minsk agreements. Three days earlier, the EU also extended for the year of sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol . On the same days, the US State Department warned that Washington would impose new sanctions against Moscow if militants capture new territories in eastern Ukraine.

The extension of the sanctions was the expected step that was planned in advance. Initially, this was supposed to be done at the EU summit on June 25-26, but then the decision was made to the Foreign Minister . On June 17, the renewal of sanctions approved the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the EU members .

The sectoral sanctions of the European Union, adopted due to aggression of Russia in Ukraine, came into force on August 1, 2014 . They were introduced for a period of 1 year.

On June 24, in response to the extension of European sector sanctions, Vladimir Putin extended the embargo for food supply from the USA, Canada, European Union, Norway and Australia for a year .