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As political leaders gathered for dinner in the chilly Lithuanian capital of Vilnius yesterday evening, the joke circulating among officials was whether Russia would cut off gas supply to this corner of the Baltics, a region almost entirely dependent on Russia for energy.

Following Ukraine’s withdrawal from negotiations with the European Union, the relationship between Europe and Russia has emerged as the real story of the Eastern Partnership Summit. 

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