Durao Barroso

En Weltpolitik-Blog el 2007.05.18

The leaders of the European Union and Russia have traded sharp criticism over human rights, at a summit that exposed the divisions between the two sides. German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed alarm at the detention of activists intending to protest against the Russian government. Vladimir Putin retorted that Estonia's ethnic Russians were being persecuted. Correspondents said the exchanges just illustrated the souring mood between the EU and its eastern neighbour. There are a number of prickly issues...