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Washington - Restrictive measures against Russia could be canceled in the near future if Moscow takes the right steps on the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said. 

“These sanctions could be lifted in a matter of weeks or days, depending on
the choices that President [Vladimir] Putin takes,” the U.S. media quoted him as
saying in London on Dec. 16.

At the same time, Kerry said that “Russia has made constructive moves in the
last days.”