Germany's Schaeuble says sanctions on Russia should be kept

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaks during a news conference at the 2016 World Bank-IMF Spring Meeting in Washington April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday that sanctions on Russia are the right course of action for the moment and that relations with Moscow cannot return to normal until it improves its human rights record.

"There is no return to normal relations if Russia behaves contrary to human rights rules," Schaeuble said at a conference in Warsaw.