Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy (right), and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso outside Moscow on September 8
The EU is poised to shelve its grievances over Georgia to return to business as usual with Russia. Opinion within the EU remains divided, and the issue will be hotly contested at the bloc's October 15-16 summit, but even Russia's harshest critics accept the bloc's options are limited.
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