A council in Italy’s northeastern Veneto region, is urging its national government to abandon EU international policy and recognize Crimea as being part of Russia. A resolution was carried calling for the change and subsequent lifting of economic sanctions against Moscow which the council says are crippling its economy.
Euronews: Italian region votes to scrap anti-Russian sanctions and recognize Crimea as part of Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) visit archaeological excavations in Chersonesus outside Sevastopol, Crimea on Sept. 12, 2015.
