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The EU Is Thinking About Pre-Trump Sanctions on Russia

  • Future of penalties to hang over EU-Ukraine summit on Thursday
  • 28-nation bloc seen maintaining its unity over the measures
The domes of St. Basil's cathedral sit on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Russia is realistic about limits on the prospects for an immediate improvement in relations with the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according to President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman.
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Europe’s shaky resolve over extending economic sanctions against Russia, combined with a U.S. president-elect weighing warmer ties with the Kremlin, should spell the end of the penalties tied to Russian encroachment in Ukraine, right? Wrong, say European Union insiders.

The future of the bloc’s sanctions against Russia will hang over an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels on Nov. 24 as Donald Trump makes inroads with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and puts in place a new American foreign-policy team.