The EU was wrong not to have analysed possible conflicts with Russia before offering the so-called Eastern Partnership to countries like Ukraine, Gernot Erler, Germany's new chief of relations with Russia and the eastern neighbourhood told journalists in Berlin on Thursday (30 January).
Barely a day in his new job, he said that being labelled as "someone who understands Russia" does not offend him.
Unlike his predecessor, Andreas Schockenhoff, who did not shy away from harshly cri...
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