Title: European Union Extends Economic Actions Against Russia

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/241/russia_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='European Union Extends Economic Actions Against Russia' data-article-id='499'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12104'>European Union foreign ministers officially agreed Monday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for an additional six months. </span> <span data-start-time='12104' data-end-time='20354'>The sanctions are meant to punish Russia for its involvement in the conflict with Ukraine.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='20354' data-end-time='28229'>The agreement came during a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg. </span> <span data-start-time='28229' data-end-time='35146'>EU representatives had expressed support for the measure last week.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='35146' data-end-time='44458'>The economic sanctions target Russia’s energy, defense and financial industries. </span> <span data-start-time='44458' data-end-time='55708'>They have been in place since July 2014 -- four months after Russia took control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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European Union foreign ministers officially agreed Monday to extend economic sanctions against Russia for an additional six months. The sanctions are meant to punish Russia for its involvement in the conflict with Ukraine.

The agreement came during a meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Luxembourg. EU representatives had expressed support for the measure last week.

The economic sanctions target Russia’s energy, defense and financial industries. They have been in place since July 2014 -- four months after Russia took control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

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