Russia no longer strategic partner, says EP

The European Parliament has repeated its criticism of Russia, which “can no longer be treated or considered to be a strategic partner” after the armed Ukrainian conflict and the illegal annexation of Crimea. The own-initiative report penned by Lithuanian Gabrielius Landsbergis (EPP) on the state of play of relations with Russia was adopted on 10 June (494 votes in favour, 135 against and 69 abstentions). The amendments introduced by the rapporteur – deploring Russia’s having drawn up a blacklist of…