Merkel Announces Conditions for Lifting Sanctions

Lesson Brief BBC Russian
Angela Merkel announced the conditions for the EU to lift its sanctions against Russia for its role in prolonging the conflict in eastern Ukraine during a meeting in Berlin with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk. Merkel stated that the sanctions may be lifted if Russia keeps its side of the peace agreements made late 2014 in Minsk, although she considers it unlikely that this will happen any time in the near future. She stressed that while there has been progress in recent weeks in Russia helping to uphold the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, there is still much for Russia to do before talks can begin on removing the sanctions.
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