MILAN—Russian President Vladimir Putin’s diplomatic blitz on Ukraine got off to a rocky start Thursday when he kept German Chancellor Angela Merkel waiting for a meeting then showed up in the middle of a dinner with European and Asian leaders.
Putin is looking to get relief from Western economic sanctions imposed since Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and its support for a pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine.
To that end, he has scheduled a series of meetings on the sidelines of a two-day ASEM summit of European and Asian leaders, including a breakfast meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
