ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on European leaders on June 17 to improve ties with his country despite sanctions after meeting with European investors who said they want to expand their businesses there.
Associated Press: Putin calls to improve ties with the EU despite sanctions
A worker uses a bulldozer to crush crates of peaches outside the city of Novozybkov, about 600 km from Moscow, on August 7, 2015. Russian officials on August 6, 2015, steamrollered tonnes of cheese as they began a controversial drive to destroy Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit country despite a public outcry.
