Europe’s foreign affairs chief faces calls to resign after a trip to Moscow that is widely seen as a humiliation for the European Union.
Josep Borrell, 73, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, will be accused by MEPs tomorrow of “pandering” to Russia and handing a propaganda coup to President Putin.
Borrell’s visit on Friday came in the week that Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, and thousands of his supporters were jailed. Borrell was accused of failing to stand up to Russian bullying, even as Moscow marked his visit by announcing it was expelling several European diplomats for attending demonstrations in support of Navalny.
Riho Terras, an Estonian MEP and former commander of his country’s military, described Borrell’s visit
