Russia’s Vladimir Putin became persona non grata in EU capitals when he annexed Crimea.
They didn’t blacklist him. But, in March, EU leaders decided to “cancel the next EU-Russia summit” and to “not hold bilateral regular meetings”.
The ban doesn’t cover multilateral events, like the recent EU-Asia summit in Italy, or special events, like the earlier D-Day memorial in Deauville, France...
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