Economics
Salvini Hints at EU Vetoes Unless Sanctions on Russia Are Eased
- Italian deputy prime minister said Russia should rejoin G-7
- Russian officials and executives meet Salvini in Moscow
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Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, said he will push the European Union to ease sanctions on Russia and threatened to block the EU’s agenda if he doesn’t get his way.
At a press conference in Moscow, Salvini, who is also interior minister, said Russia should be brought back into the “European family” and that Monday’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin is a “wonderful start.” He said he’d held talks with Russian ministers and executives, without giving any further details.