PARIS: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned on Tuesday that sanctions against Russia could come as early as this week if Moscow does not respond to Western proposals to solve the crisis in Ukraine.

“If they respond positively [to the proposals], [United States (US) Secretary of State] John Kerry will go to Moscow, and then sanctions will not be immediate. If they do not respond or if they respond negatively, there will be a series of sanctions that could be taken as early as this week,” he said on France Inter radio.

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