May 7, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9324
Senior Russian Columnist Bovt: Europe s Racist Prejudices Against Russia Are Immutable, If Russians Were Black It Might Be Easier
May 7, 2021
Although Russia has assiduously tried to drive a wedge between Europe and the United States, relations between Russia and the EU are on a downward spiral. The latest spat arose from the mutual blacklisting of officials. For the first time in 15 years the EU foreign service, the External Action Service summoned Russia s ambassador to the bloc, Vladimir Chizhov, to present a formal complaint, after Russia blacklisted the EU Parliament president and an EU commissioner on May 1, 2021.