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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said his planned trip to Russia next month is intended to maintain dialogue rather than signal a rethinking of European sanctions. Juncker accepted Moscow's invitation to attend a St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 16, in what will be the first visit to Russia by a top European Union official since Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea in 2014.

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