PARIS — The new Cold War is getting chilly again.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called off a trip to Paris due to take place next week, sparking a diplomatic spat with France that followed other flare-ups between Moscow and Western powers. The temperature of the relationship is heading back toward lows last reached when Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in early 2014.
Putin was due to make a private trip to Paris on October 19. Moscow put it on ice indefinitely Tuesday after French President François Hollande said that he would only discuss Syria during the visit, and would not be accompanying …read more
Source: European Voice
