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Russia border countries in Europe cool on Putin talks plan

by Lorne Cook
| June 24, 2021 7:18 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — Countries bordering Russia expressed deep concern Thursday about a Franco-German plan to resume official meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, likening the move to an attempt to talk a bear out of trying to steal honey.

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