Poroshenko urges intl community to impose new sectoral sanctions against Russia

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on the international community to impose new sectoral sanctions against Russia.

"It is necessary to introduce new sectoral sanctions, we won't achieve anything without sanctions," he said, speaking at the annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on Friday.

According to the president, it would be good to resume the Jackson-Vanik amendment in relation to Russia.

"I am the man who once asked the U.S. Congress to remove the Jackson-Vanik amendment as for Ukraine, and now it's time to impose it against Russia," Poroshenko said.