These days, Europeans seem to have little love for Russia. When French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently suggested holding a European summit with President Vladimir Putin, most European countries rejected the proposal out of hand. Public opinion polls suggest that European citizens tend to have negative views of Russia.
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Opposition supporters rally against corruption in central Moscow on March 26, 2017.
Thousands of Russians demonstrated across the country on March 26 to protest at corruption, defying bans on rallies which were called by prominent Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- who was arrested along with scores of others. Navalny called for the protests after publishing a detailed report this month accusing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev of controlling a property empire through a shadowy network of non-profit organisations.
