Brussels Edition

Fico’s Putin Meeting Underlines EU Divisions on Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that threats from Russia are growing.

Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

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More than two weeks after Vladimir Putin’s tête-à-tête with Donald Trump in Alaska, the Russian leader found himself again on the global stage, sharing the limelight with China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi and not to be forgotten — Robert Fico.