MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The European Union's sanctions against Russia will survive throughout the year at best, the speaker of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said Monday.
"At best, the sanctions will survive until the end of the year, I think. Afterwards there will be discussions," Valentina Matvienko told reporters.
Since 2014, relations between Russia and the European Union deteriorated amid the crisis in Ukraine. Brussels, Washington and their allies have introduced several rounds of anti-Russia sanctions since the reunification of Crimea with Russia in 2014, accusing Moscow of meddling in the Ukrainian conflict.
