EU's Tusk 'not in mood to celebrate' Putin re-election after UK poisoning

EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday he refused to congratulate Russian leader Vladimir Putin on his re-election, following the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain that London blames on Moscow. "After the Salisbury attack, I am not in the mood to celebrate president Putin's reappointment," Tusk told a news conference, a day after European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker sent Putin a congratulatory letter. Juncker pledged to "always be a partner" in improving security cooperation with the Kremlin, which is currently under a punishing regime of sanctions for the Ukraine conflict and faced EU criticism for "violations" in the Russian vote.

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