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European Union leaders will arrive for their spring summit on Thursday facing a crisis that only recently they could scarcely have imagined.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26652399
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What all the leaders know is that if they really want to turn the screw on the Kremlin they have to weaken the vulnerable Russian economy. That means trade and financial restrictions.
That is not going to happen - certainly at this summit. The Germans have made it clear that a move to economic sanctions would only follow "a massive destabilisation" of eastern Ukraine.
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And therein lies the problem - the EU rarely agrees about anything of significance without thrashing it all out for years. Putin knows it and he's warning the West to keep off his turf.