BRUSSELS - The European Union has extended for another year some of its sanctions targeting Russia over its annexation of the Crimean peninsula. For two years, the 28-nation EU has imposed ever more punitive measures on Russia to protest what it calls "the illegal annexation of Crimea and deliberate destabilization of Ukraine."
Associated Press: EU extends Russia sanctions over Crimea for one year
Russian head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov (front C) takes part in a rally marking the one-year anniversary of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in central Simferopol on March 16, 2015.
