A senior EU official has announced that members of the bloc have agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months.

Iran PressEurope: The high-ranking EU official told reporters on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) will extend its economic sanctions on Russia, which are due to expire in late January 2021.

Since 2014, when the Crimean peninsula and Sevastopol rejoined Russia after a free and public referendum, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russia, which is becoming more widespread every year, as they consider the annexation of Crimea to Russia illegal.

However, some European leaders have repeatedly acknowledged that the sanctions were ineffective. 219