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Russia, Georgia, EU: Will There Be No Sanctions?

Monday, September 1st, 2008 @ 14:45 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Russia, Georgia, Belgium, Finland
Topics:: Business, Development, Economics, Governance, Human Rights, Law, War & Conflict, International Relations, Politics

BBC's Mark Mardell reports from the emergency EU summit in Brussels that “it seems all but decided that there will no sanctions against Russia.”

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