KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia faces further sanctions from the European Union on Thursday over its annexation of the Crimean Peninsula as tensions in the region remained high despite the release of a Ukrainian naval commander. In an address to the German Parliament in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and
EU Readies For Another Rounds Of Sanctions On Russia
«So long as there aren’t the political circumstances, like now, for an important format like the G-8, then there is no G-8,» Merkel said. «Neither the summit, nor the format.»