EU Official: Mistrust Between EU, Russia

The European Union’s relationship with Russia risks going badly wrong as mistrust _ particularly over energy issues _ builds on both sides, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was slated to say Friday as he calls on Moscow to make reforms.

Relations between the EU and Russia “contain a level of misunderstanding or even mistrust we have not seen since the end of the Cold War,” he will tell a conference in Bologna, Italy, according to prepared remarks distributed by his office in Brussels.

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