Lavrov: Russia is willing to sever ties with the EU

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 14 Feb 2021 by Alex Teddy
On February 11 the Russian Foreign Minister said that if the EU introduces more sanctions then Moscow is prepared to reduce links with the EU. The EU will hold a meeting on February 22 to consider additional sanctions on Russia, such as travel, bank and asset freezes on Putin's coterie. The reason is the treatment of Navalny.Russia's relationship with the EU is complex. Nord Stream 2 is almost complete. Several EU countries, especially Poland and the former Soviet republics in the Baltic, are dead set against the pipeline. Germany really needs gas from the pipeline. The US is leaning on the EU to cancel the pipeline.Moscow is willing to get tough. The expulsion of three EU diplomats while the EU's foreign minister was in Moscow signalled this.

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