EU needs new ‘detente policy’ for Russia, current sanctions-based approach ‘unrealistic’ – German FM

The EU policy towards Moscow, presently based on strict sanctions, is “unrealistic,” the German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has said, adding, that he “ardently supports” the idea of a new “de-escalation policy” in relations between Europe and Russia. “Why cannot we dare to lay a new foundation to the disarmament and arms control [policy] instead […]