Cooperation on the coronavirus vaccine can help bring about normalization of EU-Russian ties, which have been soured by the recent EU sanctions, Andrea Picchielli, a member of Italy's Lega party, told Sputnik

The European Union has slapped sanctions on a few high-ranking Russian officials over opposition figure Alexey Navalny, acting in coordination with the Biden administration but stopping short of more hawkish approaches, like those promoted by opponents of the Nord Stream 2 project