The presidents of the European Council, Charles Michel, and of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, acknowledged in a telephone conversation on Monday 7 June that the poor state of relations between the EU and Moscow was in the interest of neither the Union nor Russia.
“EU-Russia relations are at an all-time low. This situation or its further deterioration is not in the interest of either side”, stressed the European Council in a statement, adding that the EU would stand united and in...