Pressed by economic and geopolitical imperatives, Italy is trying to carve out its own diplomatic space over the crisis in Ukraine, in an apparent attempt at fostering a rapprochement between the European Union and Russia. The Russian annexation of the Ukrainian autonomous region of Crimea in March 2014, as well as the Kremlin’s ensuing incitement of and involvement in the war still raging in the heavily Russophone east and south of Ukraine, prompted EU member states, along with the United States, to impose a raft of economic and financial sanctions on Moscow.
On May 6, during a meeting in Kyiv with …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
