Vladimir Putin will step up Russia's campaign to end European Union sanctions with a visit to Slovenia on Saturday, encouraged by signs his tactic of lobbying what he views as more pliant southern and eastern European states is starting to pay off, Reuters reports.
Ukraine Today: Russia steps up efforts to get rid of sanctions amid lack of unity in the EU
A picture taken on May 6, 2016 in Moscow shows the Ivan the Great Bell Tower (L) the tallest of the towers in the Moscow Kremlin complex.
