After a months-long diplomatic stalemate, the European Union and Russia, its largest neighbour and supplier of energy, are meeting today (26 June) to officially launch negotiations on a new strategic partnership pact.
The start of negotiations will be a centerpiece of the two day long EU-Russia summit in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk - the capital of a region which produces more than half of Russia's oil.
It took some 18 months of diplomacy for the EU and Russia to get to...
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