The European Union is under pressure to take a tough line with Russia when its foreign policy chief meets officials in Moscow amid international outcry over the jailing of the country’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Josep Borrell says he will raise Mr Navalny’s case with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday, when he also plans to meet members of civil society groups that are being targeted by an increasingly authoritarian Kremlin.
After a series of failed attempts to “reset” relations with Moscow, the EU faces calls to adopt a stronger stance with Russian president Vladimir Putin, but member states disagree over how to sway the country’s ruler of 20 years.
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EU urged to get tough on Russia over Navalny case and protest crackdown
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