Renzi Greets Putin at Milan Expo 2015

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Milan’s Expo 2015 on Wednesday, June 10, where the pair toured the Russian Federation’s pavilion, as seen in this video above. Putin’s visit to Italy comes just a few days after Renzi attended the G7 summit in Germany, where leaders discussed the potential for increased European Union sanctions on Russia due to its incursions into east Ukraine.

Renzi noted the “difficult international situation,” but reportedly failed to deviate from the line his international partners had set. Putin said the Minsk agreements were “not being implemented fully, only selectively.” Credit: YouTube/Palazzo Chigi