Dalibor Rohac: Putin’s best EU friends
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi leave at the end of their press conference following a meeting and a visit at the Expo Milano 2015, the universal exhibition, on June 10, 2015 in Milan.
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is trying to have it both ways. Just days after attending the G7 summit, which highlighted the possibility of stepping up sanctions against Russia should it not meet the commitments it made in the Minsk agreements, Renzi hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin in Milan, where he spoke of the "traditional Italian-Russian friendship."