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Russian gas giant the elephant in the room as Europe considers sanctions
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European Reform, warned: “If these [sanctions] get passed in the current form, this is quite a big deal. But Putin may very well double down and bet that the EU is simply too weak and divided.”