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Orban-Putin summit to test meaning of EU sanctions
Orban will host Russian leader Putin in Budapest next month despite an EU decision to “not hold bilateral regular summits”. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Putin to visit Hungary in February
Hungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, told Hungarian radio Wednesday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will visit Budapest on 17 February to discuss bilateral relations, energy security issues and the Ukrainian conflict. Putin’s visit to Budapest will come two weeks after German chancellor Angela Merkel visits Hungary on 2...
Obama: Russian aggression is strategic failure
US president Barack Obama has described Putin’s aggression against Ukraine as a strategic failure, while urging the EU to maintain sanctions. …read more Source:...
Russia finds few friends in EU sanctions talks
Even Russia’s friends, for the most part, showed little appetite for relaxing sanctions in “strategic” EU talks in Brussels on Monday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] UK and Poland lead calls to keep EU sanctions on Russia
The British, Danish, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, and Swedish FMs said in Brussels Monday EU sanctions on Russia should stay in place until it fully complies with the so-called Minsk peace deal. Spain and Luxembourg were more conciliatory, saying the EU should show it isn’t trying to “destabilise” Russia. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Territory around Donetsk airport taken back from rebels
Ukrainian troops have reclaimed territory around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine from separatists, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday, reports Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected a peace plan sent to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin....
[Ticker] Romania’s new president cements Nato ties
Romania’s new president, Iohannis, on his first visit to Nato in Brussels Friday pledged to spend 2% of GDP on defence between 2017 and 2027 and to expand the Deveselu naval base to host Nato anti-missile systems. He noted that Russia’s war on Ukraine has “caused insecurity in the region”. …read more Source:...
Russia to cut EU gas transit via Ukraine
Russia has said it will stop EU gas transit via Ukraine and do it via Turkey instead in the second shock announcment on energy in as many months. …read more Source:...
Mogherini seen as proposing ‘business as usual’ with Russia
The EU foreign service has proposed lifting sanctions and restarting the full spectrum of Russia co-operation if it stops “destabilising” east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Violence, recriminations ahead of EU talks on Russia
An upsurge in fighting in east Ukraine and the collapse of peace talks in Astana bode ill for EU talks on how to improve relations with Russia. …read more Source:...
