Russia may face threat of EU sanctions

The EU is poised to threaten Russia with sanctions if it does not extend a bilateral agreement to cover the EU's new members.

Foreign Ministers meeting early next week may warn Moscow that it faces "countermeasures" if it does not extend the agreement to cover the EU's new members, many of which were formerly under Soviet control, say diplomatic sources.

Russia has so far refused to extend the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA), which forms the legal basis of bilateral r...