Friday, September 11, 2015

Italy’s Berlusconi Rubs Shoulders with Putin in Crimea

 
Reuters, 11/09 18:16 CET

By Vladimir Soldatkin

YALTA, Crimea (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit Russian-annexed Crimea when he strolled beside the Black Sea on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Western visitors have been rare since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014. The takeover drove relations between Moscow and the West to their lowest point since the Cold War era, and prompted the United States and European Union to slap economic sanctions on Russia. 

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Source: Euronews

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