BRUSSELS – EU leaders on Thursday will discuss tense relations with Russia and punishing sanctions imposed over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine at a summit led for the first time by Poland’s Kremlin-wary former premier Donald Tusk.Leaders will also back a huge 315-billion-euro (S$498 billion) investment plan unveiled last month by new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker — although hard cash is expected to be lacking to help kickstart Europe’s economy.”The Russian economic situation will be in everyone’s minds,” a European diplomat said, after a month that has seen Russia spend heavily to stop the collapse of the ruble triggered by …read more
Source: AsiaOne
