BERLIN - Tough new economic sanctions against Russia will hurt Germany's economy but they are necessary for the sake of peace in Europe, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said in a television interview on Sunday.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Vice Chancellor and Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk before the start of a weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 02, 2014. AFP PHOTO / CLEMENS BILAN
