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Head of the European Parliament’s observation mission David McAllister has said EU members are set to prolong the sanction regime against Russia.

“Of course, it’s up to the EU member states to decide if sanctions (against Russia) should be prolonged or not, but until now the European Union member states have decided to prolong the sanction regime against Russia, and they’re doing this for very good reasons,” he said during a press conference on Monday in Kyiv.