(VOVworld) – On Friday, Russia strongly criticized the EU’s decision to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months due to its role in Ukraine crisis and said that this would not make Russia change its policy.

In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the EU’s decision is superficial and unreasonable when expanding the sanctions to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the peace agreement in Ukraine. Russia made the statement after the EU extended sanctions targeting Russia's financial, energy and defense sectors, as well as some goods that can be used for both civilian and military purposes until Jan. 31, 2017 for the reason that the Minsk peace agreement reached in February, 2015 has not been fully implemented.