European Union leaders met six ex-Soviet neighbors on Thursday in Riga, rejecting Russian “bullying” in the 18 months since their last summit in a once Kremlin-ruled EU capital sparked conflict in Ukraine.
“The European Union stays the course despite the intimidation, the aggression, even the war, of the last year,” said summit chair Donald Tusk. He dismissed Moscow’s fear the EU was wooing away its former vassals but accused it of “bullying” them to make up for Russia’s lack of attractions as an ally.
Yet a wariness among Europe’s great powers about provoking President Vladimir Putin has curbed ambition in Brussels and …read more
Source: Newsweek
