Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz are under fire for their persistent links to the Kremlin.
On Thursday, the European Parliament approved a package of measures urging the European Union to penalise lawmakers who continue to take large quantities of money from Russian corporations.
While the motion is nonbinding, its passage signals that the European community will no longer tolerate the tacit backing for President Vladimir Putin’s rule that has typified most of the continent’s approach to the Kremlin for decades.
