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'No embargo' on meetings with Putin, EU says
By EUobserver
EU leaders are free to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin despite his threats to start a new war with Ukraine, the EU foreign service has said. "There is no embargo on contacts and visits between member states and Russia. Each member state decides ... on their own judgment," the EU foreign service told EUobserver. The comment follows reports Croatia invited Putin to visit and that Hungary's leader will meet him.