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Ukraine President Calls for Sustained US Sanctions on Russia


Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday called on world powers to maintain sanctions against Russia, apparently in response to comments by President Donald Trump that indicated a U.S. willingness to ease the longstanding restrictions.

Earlier this month, Trump told The Wall Street Journal he would consider lifting some sanctions if Moscow supported U.S. counterterror objectives.

Last week he told The Times of London that sanctions against Russia could be fully eliminated as part of a nuclear arms reduction deal.

The United States, the European Union and others imposed sanctions on Russia in early 2014 over its annexation of the Crimea from Ukraine and …read more

Source: Voice of America

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