US State Dept Pledges to Retain Sanctions Until Russia Returns Crimea

Sputnik — 16.03.2016 Washington will not lift the sanctions imposed after the reunification of Crimea with Russia until Moscow decides to “return Crimea to Ukraine,” the spokesman for the US State Department said. Crimea, which has a predominately ethnically-Russian population, seceded from Ukraine to rejoin Russia two years ago following a referendum on March 16 […]

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