The EU should consider diplomatic sanctions against Russia and speed up Georgia and Ukraine's EU and NATO integration to show Moscow that "muscle-flexing" does not work, Lithuanian foreign minister, Petras Vaitiekunas, said in an interview with EUobserver.
"We cannot and will not pretend that the EU will continue doing 'business as usual' with Moscow. This aggression has damaged the EU-Russian partnership," the minister said on Tuesday (19 August), as Russian tanks remained parked 45 ki...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.